In Rebecca Serle’s new book “Expiration Dates: A Novel,” the protagonist, Daphne, knows when her relationships will end. “How much is within our control and how much is going to happen regardless of the decisions we make and the choices that we make?” Serle’s recent novels have blended fantasy and realism. There is something so compelling about the idea how …
GennaRose Nethercott on her short story collection 'Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart' ELISSA NADWORNY, HOST: According to GennaRose Nethercott, there are 50 beasts to break your heart - among them, maglits, easily taken in as pets. NADWORNY: "Fifty Beasts To Break Your Heart" is the title story in GennaRose Nethercott's strange, sometimes creepy, sometimes witty new book, and she …
Satirical columnist and best selling author of Oh! Those Parsis!, Berjis Desai is back with his first novel Towers of Silence, which chronicles roughly a hundred years of Parsi clans in British and independent India, takes several cues from the Latin American tradition of magical realism. The novel follows the Bhamgaras as they deal with pastoral chores, dwindling finances, lecherous …
A house that breathes magic sounds like something out of a fairy tale. Her personality and natural way of speaking is so lovable, quirky and disarming that she inhabited Mirabel instantly, even ough the animation of her movements and expressions.” Bush adds, “Lin-Manuel Miranda – who’s written not just the film but the original songs too – has known Stephanie …
