About the Book “Kristin Henderson . . . gives us the truth from the homefront in While They’re at War, a revealing and nonpartisan look at the military families behind the headlines. Fair warning: Even the joyful reunions can make you cry.” — Parade In this honest and heart-rending account, Kristin Henderson brings to [...]
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The Tender Land by Kathleen Finneran
The Tender Land is a love story unlike any other. In her remarkable debut, Kathleen Finneran renders powerfully the emotional, spiritual, and physical terrain of familial relationships — their closeness and disconnection, their intimacy and estrangement, and their ultimate resilience. The Finnerans — parents and five children — are a seemingly ordinary family until [...]
Seek the Living by Ashley Warlick
“[A] gemlike novel about a Southern family . . . Original and surprising on page after page, it is a gift of language from an extraordinary writer.” — Raleigh News & Observer About the Book Set in the new South, Seek the Living is a beautiful novel about the allegiances within families — the [...]
Torch by Cheryl Strayed
“A deeply compelling, wonderfully crafted story about a journey into, through, and past grief.” — Elizabeth Berg About the Book “The doctor didn’t say cancer — at least she didn’t hear him say it. She heard him say oranges and peas and radishes and ovaries and lungs and liver.” So begins Torch, the story [...]
