Afterlands by Steven Heighton

In 1872, nineteen people were set adrift on arctic ice after a mishap aboard the Polaris on a US- backed Continue reading →

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett takes the ingredients for a high adventure story with strong moral underpinnings and puts them together with women Continue reading →

Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell

A long way into the book, an old man named Smoke tells Margo (Margaret Louise Crane) that she has a Continue reading →