In 1939, everything changes for Anne Girl when outsider John Nelson grounds his sailboat on the shores, into Anne Girl’s skiff, and into her life during a rare storm in the Alaskan fishing village of Nushagak. When Anne Girl and her mother Marulia find their skiff flattened by John’s boat, Anne Girl decides she both hates and wants him. Thus begins a generational saga of strong, stubborn Yup’ik women living in a vil ...
Kalina, born in Bulgaria and now living in Boston, has always been a spiritual seeker. Her fourteen-year-old son, Marko, who has spina bifida and is partially paralyzed, shares her curiosity about larger metaphysical questions, but also has his own unique perspective on life: Marko perceives numbers as having colors, shapes, and textures—and they’re linked to emotions: embarrassment, for example, is fourteen; satisfaction is sixty-seven. Kalina ...
In The Falls of the Wyona by David Brendan Hopes , four friends growing up on the banks of a wild Appalachian river just after WWII discover, almost at the same time, the dangerous, alluring Falls and the perils of their own maturing hearts. Seen through the eyes of his best friend Arden, football hero Vince falls in love with the new kid, Glen. They have no context for their feelings, and the next few years of high school become a tense, t ...
• FIrst Winner of Red Hen’s Quill Prose Award • Title is a family drama about identity, family, and love. Important issues/themes include multiculturalism, LGBTQ life, feminism, and sexuality. • Will appeal to fans of history, multiculturalism, feminist literature • Comparable to <i>Sacred Country</i> by Rose Tremain and <i>Bastard Out of Carolina</i> by Dorothy Allison • Title is author's debut novel ...
