When a writer has been silent for so long, curiosity builds about what she has to say.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
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Elizabeth Spencer
Elizabeth Helen Spencer writes fiction, book reviews, and personal finance articles. She lives with her family in the Philadelphia suburbs. To learn more about Elizabeth and her writing you can visit elizabeth-helen-spencer.com or connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Throughout the novel, all four women grapple with the gendered expectations of their relatives, continuing the feminist themes Adiche has explored in other works.
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Our book reviewer, Elizabeth Spencer, offers her perspective on the novel, “Tell Me Everything.”
Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
She has a knack for details and the way we latch on to the ordinary to try to make sense of the extraordinary.
Places We Left Behind: A Memoir-in-Miniature by Jennifer Lang
What is clear by the end of the book is that they have each other and somehow that is enough.
Gone Like Yesterday by Janelle M. Williams
Our book reviewer, Elizabeth Spencer, shares her thoughts on “Gone Like Yesterday.”
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
It’s hard to decide what to read next after you finish something as engrossing as this. If you are looking for that type of reading experience, I cannot recommend Fellowship Point enough.
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dahlia Harris
Is it better to choose the hard road of being honest and working for change? Or the easier road of going with the flow and fitting in?
Chasing Tolstoy
I was a young woman who had rejected the traditional college experience that my parents wanted for me.
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
This novel is full of complexity, down to each of its characters. I can’t choose a favorite; I was rooting for all of them.
Nurturing the Artist Within
It can be as simple as a walk in the woods or an hour with an adult coloring book and your favorite scented markers from childhood.
Lakewood by Megan Giddings
Whether you pick it up now or in the future, you can find something relatable in the story of Lena Johnson, a Black millennial college student who leaves school to enroll in a mysterious research study.