Virgil Wander

Virgil WanderThe first novel in ten years from award winning, bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is a sweeping story of new beginnings against all odds that follows the inhabitants of a hard luck town in their quest to revive its flagging heart. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures of kite flying, movies, fishing, baseball, necking in parked cars and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often

Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News is a vigorous

especially considering there are about twenty percent more chickens on earth than people

which wiped out thousands a few years ago

Cait West tells a harrowing story of chaos and control hidden beneath the facade of a happy family

every corner is filled with delightful surprises waiting to be discovered

and in a country still recovering from the Great War

but he’s here to stay—as her colleague and her neighbor

Tracey Lange’s We Are the Brennans explores the staying power of shame―and the redemptive power of love―in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets

and himself

“A captivating retelling of The Iliad and events leading up to it through the point of view of Patroclus: it’s a hard book to put down

he realizes there never was a memoir

battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom