Books are timeless gifts. Consider these titles to give others and/or to treat yourself, and support the independent presses that publish them:
From On the Shore (Vine Leaves Press): “Elevated trains clanked and spewed foul air, but also the promise of riding out to the city’s unseen edges.” An emotionally charged tale of an immigrant Jewish family in turmoil when their children rebel during WWI. Order on Amazon.
From Tazia and Gemma (Vine Leaves Press): “She knew where to find me, if she wanted to.” The heartfelt and suspenseful story of an unwed Italian immigrant who survives the 1911 Triangle Waist Co. fire and the daughter who seeks her father 50 years later. Order on Amazon.
From A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve. (Alternative Book Press): “At Huntsman and Son, which specialized in sportswear, he’d been offered a job modeling knit coats for hunting dogs.” A probing fictional biography of the actor who played the Munchkin Coroner in the 1939 Hollywood classic film The Wizard of Oz. Order on Amazon.
Read more about each book in NOVELS.
