CURRENT ISSUE:  OCTOBER 2023

Blowin’ In: Stillness

Blowin’ In: Stillnessby Susan Mangan Yesterday, at dusk, the air hovering above Crooked Lake turned to thick white soup. Ironic considering, I was inside my father’s small kitchen cooking a […]

Off the Shelf: Forever Home

Off the Shelf: Forever Home By Graham Norton Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.  ISBN 978152939-1404 2002 364 pp. Review by Terrence J. Kenneally Forever Home is the fourth novel by the […]

Off the Shelf: The Island book review

Off the Shelf: The Island By Adrian McKinty ISBN 9780316531283 375 pp. 2022 Little, Brown Co. Review by Terrence J. Kenneally An American family’s trip to see koalas and Australian […]

Off the Shelf: Foster Book Review

Off the Shelf: Foster By Claire Keegan Grove Press ISBN 978-0-8021-6014-0 275 95 pp  2022 Review by Terrence J. Kenneally Foster is the second book written by Claire Keegan reviewed […]

Off the Shelf: Haven by Emma Donoghue

Off the Shelf: Haven By Emma Donoghue @2022 Little Brown and Company ISBN 978-1-5290-9111-3 257 pp. Review by Terrence J. Kenneally In this novel of religious discovery set in the […]

Off the Shelf: The Colony

  Off the Shelf: The Colony By Audrey Magee Forrer, Strauss and Giroux ISBN-9780374606527 2022 373 pp.  Review by Terrence Kenneally Magee’s setting is a remote Atlantic Island off Ireland’s […]

Off the Shelf: Trespasses

Off the Shelf: Trespasses By Louise Kennedy Bloomsbury Circus LSBN 978-1-5266-2333-1 311 pp. Review by Terry Kenneally Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles (1975), Trespasses is a shattering novel […]