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Synopsis: A Moment’s Surrender follows freshman writing instructor Paul Bishop in the aftermath of the murder of his former best friend, the renowned poet Tom Corbin. Haunted by guilt and bound by a devastating secret, Paul takes it upon himself to care for Tom’s terminally ill widow, Susan. But the truth he withholds — that […]

Family history used to be recorded. Memoir is where it lives now. Census sheets, baptismal dates, land deeds. Facts meant… The post Memoirs about family, memory, and inheritance appeared first on She Reads Everything.

An emotionally mature Chosen One adventure in which a young Christian woman learns to wield the power of peace and light to protect the cosmic good At its heart, Irkoy Crystal, Raylene Lyon’s faith-based science-fiction novel,is a classic “Chosen One” adventure about an ordinary young woman who unlocks hidden potential. It’s a familiar story, but […]

“Hauntings or hallucinations?” asks this surreal, sleepless mystery for fans of Caddo Lake, Bodies, and seaside towns swirling with paranormal activity Fisher’s Luck is both dreamlike and doomed, a haunted woman’s history intertwined with her family’s haunted house. It’s the literary equivalent of watching a new episode of a familiar TV show and noticing that […]

Some novels build their power on noise. The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline does the opposite. It listens. Drawing on Kline’s own distant family connections to the real Yates sisters of North Carolina, who in the 1840s married the famed conjoined brothers Chang and Eng Bunker, the book settles into a hush that feels right […]

I’ve been thinking about what makes a great war novel for years without quite phrasing it as a question. It… The post What makes a great war novel? appeared first on She Reads Everything.

Ray Russell published The Case Against Satan in 1962, nine years before William Peter Blatty wrote The Exorcist. That chronology… The post The Case Against Satan by Ray Russell: The possession novel before The Exorcist appeared first on She Reads Everything.

War memoir is the form I trust most. Not because it’s more accurate than fiction, O’Brien spent an entire book… The post Best war memoirs appeared first on She Reads Everything.

I’ve always found the Gothic drawn to what’s left unsaid. It’s the thing in the locked room, the secret that… The post Best books on Queer Gothics: where to start with the subgenre appeared first on She Reads Everything.