Almost every family has them--dark secrets that no one talks about because they might alter the family status quo. Novelists often base nove...

Bowen's historical novel, The Tuscan Child , is a gratifying read.  Joanna and her father, Sir Hugo, couldn't be more different. ...

Though its hard to believe, in the not too distant past women could be placed in insane asylums by their husbands or families if they refu...

While a heat wave rages in 1970s London, a charming family is in crisis. The head of the household--Robert Riordan--has disappeared. The y...

The novel is a book lover's dream. A bookseller sends Simon a vintage book in the mail. The book, Peabody's Menagerie , has infor...

In Karen Joy Fowler's We Are Completely Beside Ourselves, the narrator begins in media res . Rosemary is a well-educated, unreliable...

LaPlante's award-winning book is cleverly narrated. The narrator, Elizabeth White, is a murder suspect who happens to have the advance...