Fiction

Patricia Grossman | Four Figures in Time | From Publishers Weekly

Grossman (Inventions in a Grieving House) natters on interminably about Art and Life in this debut novel. The four figures

Francesca Rendle-Short | Imago | Imago has a lush and economical style that richly evokes Canberra in the 1960s and strongly captures the migrant experience of the period. It also viv

Jackie Kennedy | Denial | Time spent in Somalia has Doctor Celeste Cameron accustomed to living and working in a war zone. Coming back home to America, Celeste is glad to see t

Cleve Boutell | A Certain Discontent | Set in the late 1940s, this book describes ultra-self-contained Joanna Becker’s formative years. First-person narratives by Joanna’s great-aunt, femal

Barry Gifford | Night People | Four linked stories follow two lesbian ex-cons determined to reeducate men, brother and sister preachers battling abortion rights, and a teenaged corr

Jeanette Winterson | Boating For Beginners | Noah is a relatively ordinary man. He’s a hard worker (he owns the thriving little pleasure boat company, Boating for Beginners), is slightly o

Penny S. Lorio | Expenses | Expenses is a novel that deals with the cost of living and the price of loving. It is the story of two women from different social worlds who try to b

Nancy Crowe | Bethlehem Road | New Bethlehem, Indiana is about to collide with San Francisco, California. Naomi Bittner, returning to her roots in the Midwest, is unhappy that Ruth