The Dead Ladies Project by Jessa Crispin

When a personal meltdown sent her packing, writer and literary critic Jessa Crispin went in search of life’s answers. Traipsing Continue reading →

The Last of Her Kind by Sigrid Nunez

Nunez’s novel tells the story of two complex women, opposites in every way, who meet as college roommates and whose Continue reading →

The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey

Luck and family legacy – good and bad – form the foundation of the story of Dara and Abigail, two 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 →

Remember Me by Trezza Azzopardi

Remember Me is a book of layers. When a bag lady is robbed of her suitcase and wig and goes 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 →