Burning Ground by Pearl Luke
Pearl Luke | Burning Ground | Working in a fire tower in the Canadian woods, Percy Turner’s emotional state is hanging on by a thread. Fires smolder within her–the lifelong passio
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The Bull-Jean Stories by Sharon Bridgforth
Sharon Bridgforth | The Bull-Jean Stories | A collection of short stories about the life and loves of a Black bulldagger set in the 1920s. ‘the bull-jean stories are a passionate tribute to a fi
A Place at the Table by Edith Konecky
Edith Konecky | A Place at the Table | Fiction … A sharp and tender portrait of a New York woman as she faces the end of love, the comoplexities of friend- ship, and her own mortality.
Red Audrey and the Roping by Jill Malone
Jill Malone | Red Audrey and the Roping |
‘This is a literary gem . . . one of the best books I’ve read this year.’-Ellen Hart
Occasionally a debut novel comes along that rocks its re
Member of the Wedding (New Directions Paperbook) by Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers | Member of the Wedding (New Directions Paperbook) | Twelve-year-old Frankie cannot understand why everyone disapproves of her idea of going on her brother’s honeymoon.
Spelling Mississippi by Marnie Woodrow
Marnie Woodrow | Spelling Mississippi | From an acclaimed short-story writer, a blazingly intelligent and humorous debut novel that is set in New Orleans and tells the story of two strangers
Other Women by Lisa Alther
Lisa Alther | Other Women | With two young sons, a failed marriage, a job as an emergency room nurse that leaves her feeling paralyzed and hopeless, and a relationship with a wom
Slipstream by Leslie Larson
Leslie Larson | Slipstream | In Slipstream, Leslie Larson traces the intertwining paths of five characters as each struggles to stay afloat in the face of major setbacks, minor fa
Passing Remarks by Helen Hodgman
Helen Hodgman | Passing Remarks | When middle-aged, academic Rosemary meets twenty-seven-year-old Billie-a woman with a tough bike and even tougher attitude-she goes weak at the knees.
Art & Lies by Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson | Art & Lies | A train hurtles through the future with three passengers on board: a disillusioned surgeon named Handel, whose humanity has been sacrificed to intelle