Indie Corner – Barbara Newman
Back to the Indie Corner series This month’s Indie Corner explores Barbara Newman’s The Dreamcatcher Codes. Barbara Newman always wanted to be a cowgirl. Growing up … Read more
Category Archives: Woman’s
The Old Woman and the River, Ismail Fahd Ismail
The story is about the life-giving powers of women; it is also a story about hope and the possibilities of the human spirit even in … Read more
Indie Corner – Jaimee Wriston
Back to the Indie Corner series I’m thrilled to talk with Jaimee Wriston Colbert again. In this Indie Corner, we explore her new novel How … Read more
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
LATTICING one cherry pie after another, an Ohio housewife tries to bridge the gaps between reality and the torrent of meaningless info that is the … Read more
The Four Winds, Kristin Hannah
Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods … Read more
Waiting for the Night Song, Julie Carrick Dalton
A startling and timely debut, Julie Carrick Dalton’s Waiting for the Night Song is a moving, brilliant novel about friendships forged in childhood magic and … Read more
The Veins of the Ocean, Patricia Engel
Set in the vibrant coastal and Caribbean communities of Miami, the Florida Keys, Havana, Cuba, and Cartagena, Colombia, with The Veins of the Ocean Patricia … Read more
Crooked Hallelujah, Kelli Jo Ford
Crooked Hallelujah tells the stories of Justine–a mixed-blood Cherokee woman– and her daughter, Reney, as they move from Eastern Oklahoma’s Indian Country in the hopes … Read more
Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest, Rebel Girls
From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Peace … Read more
Heart Wood, Shirley DicKard
Complete title: Heart Wood — Four Women, for the Earth, for the Future Heart Wood is a compelling family saga set in the foothills of … Read more
The Disaster Tourist, Yun Ko-eun
In this entertaining eco-thriller, the heroine curates holiday packages in disaster zones. –The Guardian An eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility, The Disaster Tourist engages … Read more
The Octopus and I, Erin Hortle
A stunning debut novel set on the Tasmanian coast that lays bare the wild, beating heart at the intersection of human and animal, love and … Read more
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, Ntozake Shange
As with many ecofeminist novels, the structure is not linear and contains many asides, recipes, spells, letters and other ephemera. Shange explores the relationship between … Read more
After the Flood, Kassandra Montag
A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated … Read more
Side Chick Nation, Aya de León
The author takes the story on an interesting journey, exploring colonization, climate change and the US government’s response to Hurricane Maria. Side Chick Nation is an … Read more