City of Secrets by Stewart O’Nan (2016) - Following World War II, thousands of Jews fled to Palestine. Brand’s family was killed in Latvia, and he receives a new life through the growing underground in the land they call Eretz Israel. There the fight between the underground and the British authorities draws him in, sometimes... Continue Reading →

Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (2018) - A book of strange fairy tales written by her reclusive grandmother is the center of young Alice Proserpine’s life. She has never been allowed to read them, and the book itself is almost impossible to find. When Alice realizes that people from the “Hinterland”, the setting for the... Continue Reading →

Recursion by Blake Crouch (2020) - At any moment, we are the shadow cast by our memories. Everything we believe about the world we occupy sits on our memories of what has gone before. Which makes “False Memory Syndrome” all the more terrifying. Is it a disease that attacks the brain, filling it with memories... Continue Reading →

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868-69) – The four March sisters find themselves much reduced in society after a financial issue for their family. Each will find their own way to deal with those challenges from the beautiful and practical Meg to the shy Beth and the artistic and pampered Amy. In the middle... Continue Reading →

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (1945) – “Cannery Row in Monterrey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” Welcome to a ragged community that has found a way to care for one another. Mack and the boys are installed at... Continue Reading →