Where does one begin with Ru Freeman’s On Sal Mal Lane? On the surface it is the story of the Herath family and their lives in their new home on Sal Mal Lane. They are a traditional Sinhalese family, ... Read More...
The Night Rainbow
Pea is a lonely 5-year-old girl living on a farm near a small village in France. Her father died recently and her pregnant mother is overwhelmed by grief, leaving Pea and her little sister, Margot, to ... Read More...
Equal of the Sun
There is not much historical fiction out there about sixteenth-century Iran (Persia at the time) and what there is, is about the shahs of the day. The world of women and the harem is generally written ... Read More...
The Abundance
In Amit Majmudar’s The Abundance, an Indian-American mother is dying of cancer and trying to decide when to tell her children. The holidays are approaching and she fears her news will obliterate the ... Read More...
Reeducation of Cherry Truong
In Communist countries “reeducation” is a euphemism for prison camp, forced labor, deprivation, and sometimes, torture. In Aimee Phan’s new book The Reeducation of Cherry Truong there is none of these ... Read More...
