The novel is narrated by Martin, a former student looking back on his undergraduate years at Brown University and the lasting consequences of a pact he made with his professor. The story is told from adulthood, but it unfolds chronologically through his freshman year, focusing on his relationships, his desire for significance, and the irreversible […]
The novel is about several women whose lives are connected, directly or indirectly, to a well-known sculptor named Eli. The book is structured as a sequence of long, closely observed narratives that overlap in time and circumstance. Though the voices shift, the events unfold in a shared world, and together they form a continuous account […]
The novel opens in a small coastal town in Massachusetts and introduces Artie Dam, a fifty-seven-year-old high school history teacher. Artie is friendly, humorous, and well liked by his students and colleagues. He lives with his wife Evie in a large house by the sea that once belonged to her wealthy parents. Artie regularly meets […]
This short novel follows Turkish expatriate Dilara, who lives in an Italian village with her elderly Father and her hypochondriac Husband. Wanting to renovate their bathroom, the couple hire a group of workmen, although Dilara feels uneasy around them from the start. She does not want to keep checking on their work, but later regrets […]
Woman Down follows Petra Rose, a bestselling novelist whose career and personal stability collapse after a public scandal tied to the film adaptation of her most famous book. Once widely adored, Petra becomes the target of online outrage when leaked messages reveal that she privately supported major creative changes to the movie, including the removal […]
This thriller begins with Dr. Maggie McCabe, a once-renowned reconstructive surgeon, staggering under the weight of loss and scandal. Her husband, Marc, a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon and her partner in humanitarian work, has been reported killed during a mission in North Africa. Not long afterward, Maggie herself loses her medical license in disgrace, accused of […]
The story opens around the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and spans into the years after World War I. It introduces the Traverse family (Webb, the father, and his sons Kit, Frank, Reef) and a wide cast of anarchists, adventurers, outlaws, mathematicians, spies, and mystics. Key Storylines The novel is sprawling and interweaves multiple threads: Major […]
Set during the beginning of the pandemic, we follow four women as they recount significant moments in their lives leading up to this point. The first woman is Chia, who is tracing through her past lovers and subsequent regrets. The second is Chia’s friend, Zikora, who was a successful lawyer until a relationship left her […]
This is a collection of short stories: REJECTION. A young man narrates his efforts to be a modern, sensitive man, aware of microaggressions, respectful of women, and supportive of feminist ideals. Despite his best intentions, he finds that women reject him, preferring more traditional “frat bro” types. Frustrated, he becomes obsessed with online porn and […]
The narrator, likely also the author in autofiction style, is a woman in her sixties visiting an old friend with cancer. They once worked together on a literary journal. The narrator stays at an Airbnb, reading a detective novel to distract herself from her swirling thoughts. She attends a lecture by a climate change activist […]