Tag: literary fiction

  • Book Review: America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo

    Book Review: America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo

    A sprawling, soulful debut about three generations of women in one family struggling to balance the promise of the American dream and the unshakeable grip of history. [Pub. Penguin Books. 432 pp.] In a time of fake news, literature is one of the best ways to combat ignorance and apathy. If you’re lucky, Dekada ‘70…

  • Reading Recap: January to March 2022 Reads

    Reading Recap: January to March 2022 Reads

    We’re eight months into the year and, honestly, I haven’t counted the number of books I’ve read so far! Mostly because I’m not too fussed about it; I’m a serial book repeater, after all, and if a book is in my e-reader, I’ll read it whenever I’m in the mood for it. (As Cady Heron…

  • Book Review: Eastman Was Here by Alex Gilvarry

    Book Review: Eastman Was Here by Alex Gilvarry

    Alan Eastman is a trainwreck. It’s 1973, and the biggest years of his writing career are decades behind him, his wife has left him, and nothing seems to be going right. So when he’s invited to cover the tail end of the Vietnam War as a foreign correspondent, he gets the brilliant idea of frightening…