Normal People: A Novel by Sally Rooney

Washington Independent, April 2019
A love affair beset by obstacles of class, money, and personality.

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

The New York Journal of Books, February 2019
The novel may be cool as it opens but the ending is white hot.

The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff

Fiction Writers Review, February 2019
Women in action…taking on dangerous assignments.

The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash

Fiction Writers Review, December 2018
A coming-of-age journey, a magical mystery tour, vintage 1980.

Dogs of Detroit by Brad Felver

The Washington Independent Review of Books, September 2018
The stories are dry ice: cold enough to burn.