Budapest, 1991. Shortly after the fall of communism, Ilona received the telephone she’d been denied due to her husband’s involvement in the 1956 uprising. Later, her photographer son, Emil, who had escaped to America, returns with his wife and daughter….
In West Concord, behind the railroad tracks and to the side of the bike path, stands a bright yellow phone booth—yes, the kind we were so used to seeing everywhere, and once upon a time used, at least those of…
“Divorced, Beheaded, Died; Divorced, Beheaded, Survived”, is the mnemonic used to remember the fates of Henry VIII’s famous six wives. But how can we recall the lives of those forgotten by history, yet no less pulled into the orbit of…
Jason Powell’s debut novel, No Man’s Ghost, burns from the inside out. It’s full of the drama and pressure of a high stakes job with a refreshingly tender emotional story at its heart. Set in the engine houses and alleyways…
I’ve long thought of award-winning author Daryl Gregory as a writer’s writer. He’s not only hilarious, inventive and a hugely talented prose writer, but a master of craft. Lift the hood on any of Gregory’s books and you’ll learn a…
In her debut novel, Notes on Surviving the Fire, Christine Murphy takes us on a tumultuous ride through California wildfires and campus rape culture. It’s a brilliant, gutsy, and irreverently funny journey, both for the reader and for the main…