Every story has at least two versions. Follow sisters Consuelo and Graciela as they escape El Salvador in 1923 to Hollywood and Paris and San Francisco, accompanied by the ghosts of their murdered friends, who still have something to say.

I adored this book (and the audio book narrated by Meg Ryan)! Paulie is my favorite kind of character … both flawed and funny. As one of seven contestants on a Swedish reality show, Paulie contends for the prize through a series of absurd challenges, all the while disdaining her fellow contestents. But as the contestant field narrows and one after another of the Americans are sent home, Paulie realizes that perhaps she's been too judgmental. Something surprising happens -- her foes become friends. A story about the families we are born into and the families we choose. Highly recommended — read the book and then listen to the audio book — because if you’re like me, you won’t be ready to leave Paulie behind.

Can we correct the sins of the past? THE CLIFFS is a thought-provoking novel written with curiosity and compassion.

WHERE RIVERS PART is the story of mothers and daughters and the extraordinary bonds between them. It’s the story of family lost and found, and the resiliency of the Hmong people.

Percival Everett elevates Twain’s story to a story that reveals the lived history of slaves. He empowers James with intelligence and language and agency. James is a hero who saves hs wife and hild and countless other slaves. A must read.

An unflinching look at epigenetics and generational trauma told throuh he one-hundred-sixty-year history of a Native American family who survive unwavering cruelty, indifference, and injustice.

Plagued by self-doubt, Julia Ames was an anxious and sometimes ambivalent mother. SAME AS IT EVER WAS is book about mothers — the good, the bad, and the ugly — and how as time marches forward, a mother can be all or any of those things. Lombardo writes with great affection and empathy for her characters.

A quietly reflective novel that deals with cultural differences and their interpretation — how those outside of a culture can misinterpret and assign meaning to things inappropriately.

A delightful, mature, female protagonist who reminds us that its never too late for revelation, redemption, and reinvention.

A story of healing and hope on the Lake Superior Hiking Trail.

Set in a not-so-distant dystopian future, Leif Enger’s forthcoming I CHEERFULLY REFUSE is a rollicking adventure story set on Lake Superior. It’s a big-hearted novel with an unlikely hero – protagonist Rainy embodies the empathy and compassion and motivation robbed of a society run by a wealthy and malevolent ruling class.

A powerful literary novel of suspense that examines the aftermath of a violent crime on the victims and families and individuals left behind.

Akbar’s prose is searing, his plot is evocative, and his insight is profound.

Part memoir, part travelogue, and part natural and cultural history, Impermanence will appeal to lovers of the Great Lakes and those concerned about climate change.

A poignant story of love and loss and how food sustains body and soul.

A paean to the unsung heroines, like Martha Ballard, who stand in the gap for the marginalized.

During those hours of cooking and eating together, her mother told her stories about her early childhood, a sad and lonely and often terrifying existence, and one that contributed to the manifestation of her schizophrenia later in life.

The GRAVITY OF LOVE is about grief and loss, but it’s also about love and redemption, about how we can go back and recover our lost selves. It’s a reminder that the love of one person can mend the heartbreak caused by another. It’s about resilience and creating a new life for yourself and the people you love.

Kate St. Vincent Vogl’s IRON HORSE COWGIRLS is the story of Louise Scherbyn and the women motorcyclists of the 1930s and 1940s. Co-written with friend and colleague, the late Linda Back McKay, Vogl amassed an encyclopedia’s worth of stories, facts, photos, and memories from newspapers, family members and friends, and the Women’s International Motorcycle Association archives.

British journalist Daniel Finkelstein’s memoir TWO ROADS HOME: Hitler, Stalin, and the miraculous survival of my family is the extraordinary story of survival.