Sarah Johnson
A Daughter’s Courage
Renita D’Silva takes the popular parallel-narratives format to a new level with her engrossing saga intertwining four women’s stories. They…
Miss Burma
Editors' choice
Miss Burma opens with an attention-grabbing prologue that sees fifteen-year-old Louisa, a young woman of mixed racial heritage, crowned in…
After the Bloom
In her contemplative first novel, Shimotakahara explores the long-lasting aftereffects of a disgraceful historical episode: the incarceration of people of…
The Saturday Evening Girls Club
The Saturday Evening Girls Club, a real organization in Boston’s North End in the early 1900s, was set up by…
Trail of Miracles
Israeli author Herzfeld’s first English-language release is short but lyrically powerful. Addressing the God she loves, Gittel, a Jewish woman…
The Shadow Land
Kostova’s third novel (after The Historian and The Swan Thieves) is a road trip adventure mixed with mystery, literary fiction,…
Dancing with Death
Crackling cauliflowers and suffering stockfish! The heroine of Myers’ diverting new country house mystery is a feisty young woman known…
The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir
“There’s something bolstering about singing together.” Jennifer Ryan’s charming debut interweaves many women’s voices to create a strong chorus that…
Renting Silence
Miley’s third Roaring ´20s mystery delivers more zippy entertainment that taps into the spirit of the time when Hollywood’s silent…
We Were the Lucky Ones
This debut novel recounts not only one but multiple harrowing tales of unlikely survival. It’s also an amazing piece of…
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