The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner is a poignant, informative novel that highlights a little mentioned, shameful piece of American history. In 1943, fourteen year old Elise Sontag, her younger brother Max and her German immigrant parents’ peaceful life in…
“She’d been deconstructed by nature, and then by man, then nature again, and finally by man…” Melanie Golding debuts with a hauntingly frightful delight of a novel that seamlessly weaves the supernatural, the fairytale with the mundane nature of…
The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated by Sophie Hughes NB: This book was gifted to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I’m on somewhat of a mission to read as many of the…
Alternating back and forth in time, Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate is a heart wrenching fictionalized account of the horrifying real-life adoption scandal involving Georgia Tate and the Tennessee Children’s Home Society. In 1939, the Foss children are unscrupulously removed from their…
Rajah debuts with a powerful collection of poetry that toes the line between lyrical artistry and complete and utter nonsensical peculiarity. Synopsis: In the midst of an existential crisis, poet and author, Sen Rajah stumbles blindly and emotionally empty…
As an avid browser of charity shops and second-hand bookshops, I come across certain books on a regular basis and, without even reading the synopsis, judge them or even write them off completely. Surely there must be a reason for…
