Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. Sindu
S.J. Sindu | Marriage of a Thousand Lies | ‘Lakshmi, called Lucky, is an unemployed millennial programmer. She likes to dance, to have a drink or two, and she makes art on commission. Fifty buc
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Survival Skills by Jean Ryan
Jean Ryan | Survival Skills | Jean Ryan’s debut collection tells stories of nature and of human nature
The characters who inhabit Jean Ryan’s graceful, imaginative collec
The Women of Brewster Place (Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series) by Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor | The Women of Brewster Place (Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series) | The National Book Award-winning novel–and contemporary classic–that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor
“[A] shrewd and lyrical
Brass by Helen Walsh
Helen Walsh | Brass | Not since Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting has an ambitious first novel created such a stir among readers of important new voices in fiction. Since its re
The Child Manuela by Christa Winsloe
Christa Winsloe | The Child Manuela | Winsloe’s 1929 novel became the movie ‘Maedchen In Uniform.’ The story revolves around a young girl who is sent to a repressive Prussian boarding scho
Seraphita (Dedalus European Classics) by Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac | Seraphita (Dedalus European Classics) | Balzac begins with a travelogue of the fiords of Norway, concentrating ultimately on one valley that is isolated by the roaring waters of the Sieg Riv
Glitter Girl by Erin Quinn O’Briant
Erin Quinn O’Briant | Glitter Girl | Meet the Soren sisters. Gloria, 29, is a way-out San Francisco lesbian who won and lost an international journalism award only to reinvent herself as
Delay in the Sun by Anthony Thorne
Anthony Thorne | Delay in the Sun | ‘… Delay in the Sun tells the story of a few days in the lives of a set of ill-assorted English tourists who find themselves unexpectedly stranded i
All My Sins by Norbert Estey
Norbert Estey | All My Sins | Ninon de Lenclos was taught by her dashing father to fully savor the sensual pleasures of love. Young, impressionable and in the first blush of her aw
The Gift by Barbara Browning
Barbara Browning | The Gift | The Gift by Barbara Browning is a strange novel in a lot of ways. The overall feeling it inspires is one of quiet intimacywhich is fitting, given tha