A peek at what’s on tap this week.
How to Lose Your Mother
By Molly Jong-Fast
Coming to terms with a famous, and famously flawed, parent.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Other People’s Pets: A Novel
By R.L. Maizes
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What happens when a woman who can intuit animals’ emotions is forced to use her power for ill?
The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs
By Robert J. Mrazek
A long-serving lawmaker brings us the amazing real-life story of a WWII-era Filipina heroine.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
We came, we read, we gushed. Here’s a recap of the titles that left us especially warm and swoony last month.
We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. Seriously, though, here are July’s winners.
The author talks social justice, transracial adoption, and her latest novel, Everyone Was Falling.
Miracle Country: A Memoir
By Kendra Atleework
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A young woman intertwines the scorched landscape of her childhood with the early death of her mother.
Musical Chairs: A Novel
By Amy Poeppel
This comedy of errors hits all the right notes.
