by Tracy Horodyski | Dec 29, 2019 | Librarian's Pick
“In his latest book, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Bryson divides the body’s various parts and processes into 23 chapters, with subject headings such as “The Heart and Blood,” “The Guts” and “Nerves and Pain.” Each relatively short chapter is chock-full of...
by Tracy Horodyski | Dec 27, 2019 | Librarian's Pick
“Steph Cha’s nerve-scraping novel—with its biblical, plangent title and painfully relevant plot—could be described as triggering, depending on the reader. Your House Will Pay is based on a particularly sickening episode during a particularly sickening period in...
by Tracy Horodyski | Dec 25, 2019 | Librarian's Pick
“The year is 1975. Elle Sheen—a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner—isn’t sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of...
by Tracy Horodyski | Dec 23, 2019 | Librarian's Pick
“In Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction, scholars of the weird Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson trace the genealogy of women who’ve dealt in the unsettling, from the 17th century into the present. This book is inspired...
by Tracy Horodyski | Dec 17, 2019 | Librarian's Pick
In her memoir, Motherhood So White, Nefertiti Austin provides valuable firsthand insight into what it means to be a black single mother and to reject the constraints of societal expectations. When Austin decided to adopt her son, August, a black boy placed in the...
by Tracy Horodyski | Dec 15, 2019 | Librarian's Pick
“In 13 interlocking stories set in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, Olive travels through old age in her own inimitable style. She’s called an “old bag” by more than a few townsfolk, but she is loved by those who have, over the years, come to appreciate...
