Martha Anne Toll won the 2020 Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction, and her novel, Three Muses, is forthcoming from Regal House Press (fall 2022). She is a frequent contributor to NPR Books, the Millions, the Washington Post, and other outlets. For her fiction and nonfiction, please visit her website, and tweet to her at @marthaannetoll.
30 entries by Martha Anne Toll
Transplant: A Memoir
By Bernardine Watson
![Transplant: A Memoir](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/transplant.png)
A poignant account of enduring kidney disease while Black.
The Oud Player of Cairo: A Novel
By Jasmin Attia
![The Oud Player of Cairo: A Novel](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/theoudplayer.png)
A frustrating page-turner about a fascinating time and place.
A Union Like Ours
By Scott Bane
![A Union Like Ours](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/Screenshot_(945).png)
Recalling a forbidden midcentury romance.
![A Union Like Ours: The Love Story of F.O. Matthiessen and Russell Cheney](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/Screenshot_(945).png)
Recalling a forbidden midcentury romance.
The Piano Student
By Lea Singer; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer
![The Piano Student](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/Screenshot_(442).png)
A nuanced, occasionally problematic imagining of a real-life virtuoso's long-ago forbidden affair.
The Piano Student: A Novel
By Lea Singer; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer
![The Piano Student: A Novel](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/Screenshot_(442).png)
A nuanced, occasionally problematic imagining of a real-life virtuoso's long-ago forbidden affair.
The Abundant Life
By Aaron Jacobs
![The Abundant Life](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/abundant.jpg)
A funny, madcap story that somehow doesn’t defy reality.
The Abundant Life: A Novel
By Aaron Jacobs
![The Abundant Life: A Novel](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/abundant.jpg)
A funny, madcap story that somehow doesn’t defy reality.
Fates and Furies
By Lauren Groff
![Fates and Furies](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/fates.jpg)
An inventive tale of one marriage told from two very different perspectives.