Hilary Daninhirsch
Is This Tomorrow
Single mother Ava Lark is doing everything she can to raise her son alone. In the 1950s in Waltham, Massachusetts,…
Sinners and the Sea: The Untold Story of Noah’s Wife
In the vein of The Red Tent, which memorialized the little-known life of Jacob’s only daughter, Dinah, Sinners and the…
Following Tommy
Following Tommy is a slim but powerful atmospheric novel that propels the reader directly to the mean streets of 1960s…
The Prisoner of Heaven
Faithful readers of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel’s Game will be delighted to find…
The Baker’s Daughter
What does a 17-year-old German baker’s daughter during World War II have in common with the owner of a German…
Something to Hold
This absorbing children’s novel by Katherine Schlick Noe is based strongly on the author’s own experiences. Like Noe, eleven-year-old Kitty…
Arcadia
What is it really like to be raised in a commune, and what are the lifetime consequences? Those are the…
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