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  • Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth – Book Review

    Synopsis Lucy is on the cusp of adulthood, a liminal place between her childhood and her future. It is the 1990s in Crossmore, her small Irish town. The summer heat presses down, and she expects this summer to be just like the rest have been–until Susannah comes along. Friends since childhood, Lucy is shocked to…

  • American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins – Book Review

    Synopsis Lydia lives a vibrant life in Acapulco, Mexico. She has a large, happy family, a journalist husband who loves her deeply, and a son, Luca, who is the light of her life. The presence of the cartels cause some small issues in her and her loved ones lives, but it doesn’t directly affect them–until…

  • Severance by Ling Ma – Book Review

    Synopsis Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. So she barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies halt operations. The subways squeak to a halt. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city…

  • The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali – Book Review

    Synopsis At seven years old, Ellie is living a life of luxury until her father dies, leaving her and her mother to fend for themselves in 1950s Tehran. Desperate for a best friend, she eagerly starts school. Homa enters her life like the answer to her prayers, and they fall into a routine of friendship…