Evelyn has had enough. She’s decided to leave her husband, Jack. He micromanages everything she does, including how she packs her suitcase—and why is she packing a suitcase? She can’t quite remember. Still, she’s had enough of his affairs (with her ex-roommate, an art student, and a mother from the park). She’s tired of being …
Aurelia Lyndham is on the cusp of major changes in her life. She’s the owner of On the Square Books, and she’s in the process of editing her latest novel and planning her wedding to Oliver Pearce, a book editor. Despite her happiness, she’s afraid to reveal to her betrothed that, each night, she interacts …
Dr. Harold “Harry” Goodman is part of a team tasked with an investigation of the famous Shroud of Turin. The Shroud is said to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, but can such claims hold up under scientific scrutiny? Goodman and a group of scientists head to Italy to find out; Decker Hawthorne, a …
Hall reflects upon his 27 years as a teacher, most of which were spent with fifth graders in Cheboygan, Michigan. The book has 27 chapters, or “lessons,” one for every year of the author’s teaching career. They all follow a similar format, beginning with an anecdote about a classroom project, field trip, or problem. Hall …
The Glory Peak Ski Resort is founded in 1966 by Bill Macklemore, a World War II veteran–turned–ski instructor who developed a site near Fortooth into a premier skiing destination (it is said that “Fortooth was one of those towns where reality was far more potent than myth”). His devotion to his business is so all-encompassing …
What does it mean for the world to end? Spanish author Levi’s novel takes up that question both literally and figuratively. Largely structured as 19-year-old narrator Little Lea’s tale of her life, which she’s recounting to a man in search of his lost dog, this novel reckons with the appeal and dangers of home. “I …
