Families

Ilana Masad’s debut novel All My Mother’s Lovers is an in-depth exploration of family dynamics, the miscommunications and resentments that sometimes span lifetimes, and the moments of rede

When a writer decides to base his novel’s plot around a middle-class Jewish kid’s coming of age adventure on Long Island in 1970, it’s not a promising sign.

“How Beautiful We Were is a masterful piece of storytelling with multiple storylines . . .”

“The novel’s beautiful conclusion leaves hope that families divided by culture and geography will reunite.”

“The world that Mytting brings the reader into is a lost world of simplicity and harshness and a stunning beauty where almost everything is within plain sight, and yet almost nothing can be

“The Chanel Sisters is a well-researched historical fiction that depicts France’s Belle Epoch and post-war change.

Have you ever not wanted a book to end? Were disappointed that the characters are gone from your life?

“Mother for Dinner is a deeply uncomfortable novel. At times, it’s funny. At others, it’s a too-accurate examination of family ties. It’s also. . . about eating human flesh . . .

You like this character, she’s under your skin; you want to go on this journey with her. And then she says, “I’ve decided to die.” It’s only page 27.

With everything going on in our world these days, chances are you’ve not thought much about the many difficult issues surrounding adoption.

“The Boy in the Field is a literary mystery novel. . . . Just not the kind that focuses on what happens on a patch of land, a highway, or even a country.

“deeply evocative, eminently readable . . .”