The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert
Publisher’s Description:Nan keeps her secrets deep, not knowing how the truth would reveal a magic all its own. Bay Singer has bigger secrets than most. She doesn’t know about them, though. Her mother,…
Tag: Contemporary & General Fiction
Lies You Wanted to Hear by James Whitfield Thomson
Though it begins in 1990 with a woman named Lucy mourning the loss of her son on his birthday, James Whitfield Thomson’s Lies You Wanted to Hear is essentially the origin story of…
Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice
I had high hopes for this one which were mostly fulfilled. The ending is where it went wrong for me. Rice writes absorbing novels that feature nuance in the relationships. People are from…
Sanctus by Simon Toyne
Sanctus by Simon Toyne (September 2012, William Morrow) I’m a fan of conspiracy theories, if only because I like the idea of alternate explanations and theories for what is so readily accepted as…
The Wandering Goose, S.E.C.R.E.T., Subtle Bodies – Little Book Reviews
The Wandering Goose: A Modern Fable About How Love Goes by Heather Earnhardt, Frida Clements (Illustrations) Oddly touching, this is the illustrated story of a bug and goose who spend time together, become friends and eventually…
Goat Mountain by David Vann
Goat Mountain is the first David Vann novel I’ve read, and it was quite an experience. The novel tells the story of a family of men who go out on a hunting trip, discover…