Fiction

The uninhabited Ilas Desertas are desolate islands populated by a few rabbits and endangered monk seals, and they really exist, part of the Portuguese Madeira Archipelago, some miles off the Morocc

“One Good Thing is a fast-paced, thrilling story of the survival of a Jewish woman and child on the run in Italy amidst the terror of the Nazi occupation.”

“Tyler moves the chess pieces, or those figures on top of the wedding cake if you’d prefer, with aplomb. And Baltimore has never looked better.”

“a brilliant, gut-wrenching story of love and family in war-torn Poland. A good producer could make it into a riveting movie.”

“the plot and writing are so powerful that a reader has to step away every now and then, just to breathe.”

“Dirty Little War has moments that encourage quick reading and fast page turning, and pending violence at the hands of erratic and mercurial characters can keep you guessing about

“pretty darn charming, which just may be better than perfect. It will be your favorite summer read.”

“a tight plot woven with complicated moral questions faced by characters willing to confront their circumstances creates a novel that’s impossible to put down.”

Origin Stories by Corinna Vallianatos is a collection of fictional stories highlighting an array of women characters and the people in their lives, in various moments of their marriages, f

“Love and death, suffering and addiction, family and displacement, all become interwoven into a commentary on the present intractable mess.

“Theresienstadt was a ghetto where prisoners provided slave labor for the German war effort. They survived on starvation rations and lived in squalor.

“A unique, intelligent, original story . . .”