“Third Girl from the Left is a beautifully written memoir of life on the Broadway stage at the onset of the 1980s AIDS epidemic. This compelling, and remarkably hopeful story is particularly relevant now. With uncompromising truth, Christine Barker makes tangible the unraveling of dreams, as she dances in A Chorus Line while her older brother, Laughlin, together with his life partner Perry Ellis, builds the designer’s fashion business. Time is an enemy and choices dwindle as the author is an eyewitness to a disaster that shapes her future even as it claims the lives of men she loves.”
—Mara Liasson, National Political Correspondent, NPR
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The Monsoon War
By Bina Shah
““Female-centered #Dystopia from #Pakistan: Before She Sleeps, Bina Shah. Fascinating new angle on ‘emotional work’!”
—Margaret Atwood on Twitter
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As Figs in Autumn
“As Figs in Autumn is a loving portrait on the unique experiences of a chayal boded, a lone soldier without immediate family in Israel. Ben Batomski depicts the struggles, the achievements, the moral ambiguities and the friendships that make one year in an endless war bearable, dare one say laudable. His focus is not on politics or ideology but on the real life of a lone soldier in a foreign land, yet one that is so much his own.”
—Michael Berenbaum
Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies
Director, Sigi Ziering Institute
American Jewish University
Los Angeles, CA
October 2023
The Light of Seven Days
By River Adams
“Adams’ lyrical prose paints a lush, vivid, and imagistic portrait of the world through Dinah’s eyes. . . . A quiet, artfully rendered story of the beauty and difficulty of coming-of-age between cultures, in the shadow of history.”
—Kirkus Reviews
November 2023
Underburn
“A quirky family story told with wit and wisdom, with shades of Anne Tyler or Elizabeth Strout… a fine debut.”
—Kirkus Reviews