WESTWARD WOMEN – Alice Martin

“That’s how it goes, I guess. Sometimes you need to hurt first so you can finally go numb.” I went into Alice Martin’s Westward Women ( St. Martin’s Press 2026) entirely blind, and I can’t decide if that was a help or a hindrance to my reading experience.  It’s a buzzy new release and MartinContinue reading “WESTWARD WOMEN – Alice Martin”

A GOOD ANIMAL – Sara Maurer

“A strange grave, the lion and the lamb together. In the end, I thought, the dirt gets everything.” I read Sara Maurer’s debut novel, A Good Animal (St. Martin’s Press 2026) and I have “feelings” about it. If you don’t want it spoiled, stop now.  Seriously.  I’m going to spoil the stuffing out of thisContinue reading “A GOOD ANIMAL – Sara Maurer”