Sheila Kohler
The Bay of Foxes
Dawit walks the streets of 1978 Paris, his stomach aching from hunger and his mind full of thoughts of his…
Love Child
Editors' choice
After her lawyer advises Bill to write her will, the beautiful, wealthy widow sets out to examine her life and…
Becoming Jane Eyre
In 1846, the educated but unworldly daughter of a Yorkshire clergyman begins writing a novel. It is not her first…
Becoming Jane Eyre
In 1846, the educated but unworldly daughter of a Yorkshire clergyman begins writing a novel. It is not her first…
Bluebird, or the Invention of Happiness
Editors' choice
Upon occasion a reviewer is familiar with the source material for a fictional biographical novel, and therefore dreads the transformation…
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