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King of the Armadillos
by Wendy Chin-Tanner
King of The Armadillos (8/9/2023)
A coming of age story that was completely unexpected. The novel gets off to a slow start that had me wondering if I had chosen a novel for which I wasn’t a match! Surprise! Victor Chen is living in NYC and is diagnosed with Hansens’s disease, aka leprosy. Victor is treatedmore
The God of Endings: A Novel
by Jacqueline Holland
Learn Patience and Learn Trust (10/14/2022)
Jacqueline Holland's first novel weaves an impressive journey covering over a century and a half and locations across the globe. The narrator- -Anna/Anya/Collette—is transformed into a vampire-like creature at age 10 at the hands of her grandfather. Anna's path takes hermore
Activities of Daily Living: A Novel
by Lisa Hsiao Chen
A Tale of Two Projects (2/21/2022)
Lisa Hsiao Chen's first novel, "Activities of Daily Living," presents two projects. The first project, about Tehching Hsieh (The Artist), a New York-based performance artist who undertakes year-long projects (but art?) whom the main character, Alice, researches for amore
My Broken Language: A Memoir
by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Boriuca Soul (2/5/2022)
Divided into named chapters, the memoir is given shape and texture from the chapters’ names.

When you speak more than one language, you are enriched. Her journey wanders through English to Spanish, through literature, from Quakerism and Santeria to music, from her mother’smore
True Crime Story: A Novel
by Joseph Knox
True Crime- - fact or fiction (11/24/2021)
It's a unique format for a "true crime" novel. It almost drove me crazy at the start. I felt like I needed a whiteboard or a cork board to keep track of all the personalities interviewed. We will never know if the transcriptions are authentic or a little bit of fiction. So,more
The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir
by Sara Seager
Two Journeys (7/31/2020)
Sara Seagers' "The Smallest Lights in the Universe" is a beautifully written memoir about her two life journeys: outward toward space, as an Astrophysicist in search of other life in Outer Space and inward, finding her true self and then navigating marriage, motherhood,more
Afterlife
by Julia Alvarez
Living LIfe After (3/1/2020)
Antonia struggles daily with the tragic death of her husband even nine months after his death. Not only has she lost her husband, but she has also retired from her job as a college professor, losing a second pillar of her identity. Her three sisters provide the third pillar,more
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