John Vercher’s debut, Three-Fifths, is a riveting crime story told with touches of poetry, razor-sharp characterizations, and the sort of cinematic pacing that keeps you on the edge of your seat. It’s also a powerful narrative about family, friendship, and…
On this past Solstice eve, instead of celebrating by the fire with friends, I went to Lahey hospital for a last minute MRI, to rule out something an ultrasound had picked up. The details of that true story don’t matter,…
Courtney Maum and I met in Providence, RI this past summer. Her gorgeous novel, Costalegre, was launching, I was on week two of my Bend In The Stars tour and we were both presenting at a Cardigan Connection event. I…
If I had to recommend only one book this year, it would hands down be Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips. This beautiful and atmospheric novel set on Kamchatka, a peninsula in the east of Russia, opens with the abduction of…
Whether it’s your mother complaining you look too tired/thin/fat/overworked or that one brother-in-law insisting he’s found the perfect unicorn investment to sink your life savings into (all $250 of it!), it seems like everyone has an opinion this time of…
More Than by Diane Barnes is the story of single-mom Peggy Moriarty’s second act. When her husband died 14 years ago, Peggy didn’t allow herself to grieve. Instead, she funneled all her energy into caring for her twins, Grace and…