A real-life tragedy haunts this beautiful, touchingly honest novel by celebrated Norwegian author Per Petterson. The event in question is … More
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“The One That Scares You Most”: Robert Crooke Reviews You Have Reached Your Destination by Louise Marburg
As implied in its title, Louise Marburg’s latest, award-winning collection features lives in transition. Each tale is a journey centered … More
“A Disquieting Truth in Broken Hearts”: Robert Crooke Reviews PROOF OF ME & OTHER STORIES by Erica Plouffe Lazure
In subtly connected tales of life in a small, Eastern North Carolina town, Erica Plouffe Lazure writes as if sharing … More
“The Mystery of Growing Up”: Robert Crooke Reviews WHEN ME AND GOD WERE LITTLE by Mads Nygaard
In this complex and personal novel, dedicated to his father, Mads Nygaard spins a web of mysteries around family secrets, … More
“What Their Spirits Have Denied”: Robert Crooke Reviews A HEAVEN OF THEIR CHOOSING by Joann Smith
Many of the elegant stories in Joann Smith’s debut collection turn on moments of sudden insight. In “Phlebotomist’s Day” a … More
Heavy Feather Review 