Fatima Farheen Mirza

A Place for Us is one of the most impressive debut novels I’ve read to date. I love a good multi-generational family saga, so I knew I would appreciate A Place for Us, but I was taken aback by how much I fell in love with the novel. “Her reflection. Her tired face. She touches […]

Gingerbread // Helen Oyeyemi

The hype is REAL for Gingerbread. I will admit I was initially drawn to it because of its gorgeous cover, which I’d seen lurking around my Instagram feed for several weeks. Like most Riverhead publications, I was lured in with gorgeous design work, and then pleasantly surprised by the literature inside. Wonderfully told and vividly […]

Golden Child // Claire Adam

Golden Child is a powerful, tender, and very human story; it is one of the most emotionally-stirring novels I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. A meditation on time and place, Golden Child follows a family in 1980s Trinidad: Clyde, Joy, and their twin sons, Peter and Paul. When the unbelievable happens, a father must […]

Marlena // Julie Buntin

Julie Buntin’s Marlena was a nice surprise, far different from what I was expecting. Unlike the bright coral of its cover, Buntin’s debut is a rather dark story, a heartbreaking commentary on drug addiction and the opioid epidemic illustrated by two teenage girls: inexperienced fifteen year-old Cat and her partner-in-crime, the illustrious Marlena, Cat’s seventeen […]

On My Nightstand: March 2019

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of adventure exploring central Florida, leaving not too much time available for reading, but I’m hoping to get back on track this month, starting with these fantastic titles. Golden Child by Claire Adam Golden Child is one of the books I brought with me down to Florida […]

Eileen // Ottessa Moshfegh

After My Year of Rest and Relaxation became one of my favorite reads of 2018, I was eager to pick up Eileen, Moshfegh’s debut novel, one that earned her an immense amount of praise and a spot on the Booker shortlist. Though in the end I would say I prefer My Year of Rest and […]

Motherhood // Sheila Heti

“How can we know how it will go for us, us ambivalent women of thirty-seven? On the one hand, the joy of children. On the other hand, the misery of them. On the one hand, the freedom of not having children. On the other hand, the loss of never having had them- but what is […]