Claire Morris
The Woman Who Knew Gandhi
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Exploring whether love between a man and a woman can exist outside of physical intimacy, this novel imagines a lifelong relationship between a ...Read Review
Eleni, or Nobody
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Because women painters were not taken seriously in the late 19th century, Eleni Boukoura disguised herself as a man in order to pursue ...Read Review
The Forest Lover
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Based on the life of Emily Carr, The Forest Lover is a magnificent account of one woman’s determination to carry out her ...Read Review
Owen Glendower
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Originally published in 1940, this grandly written epic recounts the adventures of Rhisiart, a 15th century Oxford student who returns to the land ...Read Review
Moon Tide
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If you enjoy reading stories of a place rather than of people, then this first novel is for you. But it is melancholy, ...Read Review
Evidence of Things Unseen
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For an example of how to take unremarkable people and turn their story into something worth writing about, read Evidence of Things Unseen. ...Read Review
The Hero’s Daughter
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This understated novel remained in my mind days after I had read its last page. I know many people (myself included) will hesitate ...Read Review
My Just Desire
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In comparison to her famous husband, very little is known about Bess Ralegh (1565-c.1635). But Anna Beer has pieced together the records she ...Read Review
Salthill
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Set against the world of horse ranching in mid 20th century British Columbia, this debut novel revolves around people as real as those ...Read Review
Leonora: Tulips in Winter
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In 1788, a feisty English damsel named Leonora encounters two Russian noblemen in France, and then in the Duchy of Nassau. One of the ...Read Review
