Recent content from Jackie Thomas-Kennedy
Review: Thrilling 'Heartwood' begins when a woman vanishes in a forest
Fiction: Using the hook of the search for a missing hiker, Gaige writes a suspenseful meditation on risk, knowledge, error and beauty.
Review: 'Mothers and Sons'
Fiction: Examining a fractured family through questions of vocation, guilt and secrecy.
A playwright claims her new play is not about her dad in 'The Hypocrite.' It very much is.
FICTION: Jo Hamya's novel unspools at an expert pace, exploring questions of performance and narrative.
Gorgeous novel wonders if marriage makes 'Liars' of us all
FICTION: Outstanding and merciless, Sarah Manguso's book captures the thrills and disappointments of a marriage in magnificent prose.
Insightful 'Swift River' is a novel in which a woman explores her family's secrets
FICTION: Chambers' debut is a frank examination of family mystery and loss, set in a landscape of economic and racial turmoil.
Commiserating about mom or fighting like cats, these sisters have one thing in common: 'Worry'
FICTION: Alexandra Tanner's "dark, funny" debut is a haunting snapshot of contemporary life.
That 'Green Dot' on your phone? This novel says it could be love
FICTION: An exceptionally funny debut explores the dull realities of work, joys of love and friendship, and extremes of hope and denial.
Review: 'They're Going to Love You' by Meg Howrey
FICTION: Howrey's latest work has a straightforward conundrum at its center but as it unfolds it becomes an increasingly rich, complex tale of aspiration and disappointment.
Review: 'Flight,' by Lynn Steger Strong
FICTION: Three siblings reunite for the first Christmas after their mother's death.
Review: 'Sugar Street,' by Jonathan Dee
FICTION: Jonathan Dee's latest novel follows an acerbic narrator into isolation, delusion and violence.
Review: 'Our Missing Hearts' by Celeste Ng
FICTION: Celeste Ng contrasts the dangers of a fearful, violent, censorious society with the beauty of untrammeled storytelling.
Review: 'Reward System,' by Jem Calder
FICTION: Jem Calder's intricately developed, self-conscious characters are the highlights of these brilliant stories.
Review: 'You Have a Friend in 10A,' by Maggie Shipstead
FICTION: Maggie Shipstead's story collection exhibits flourishing talent and general curiosity.
Review: 'A Tiny Upward Shove,' by Melissa Chadburn
FICTION: Melissa Chadburn's debut is outrageously ambitious, complex and deeply sorrowful.
Review: 'How Strange a Season,' by Megan Mayhew Bergman
FICTION: Bergman's fiction is full of smart, vulnerable people struggling with love and preoccupied by power.
Review: 'Free Love,' by Tessa Hadley
Tessa Hadley's latest examines the fallout of a love affair between a married woman and a younger man who have more entanglements than they realize.
Review: 'Defenestrate,' by Renée Branum
Renee Branum writes a beautifully structured work about ancestry, siblinghood, vulnerability and fear.
50+ essential books for your winter reading and holiday shopping lists
Page-turners that will make you laugh, cry, reflect and escape when the weather outside is frightening.
Review: 'Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket,' by Hilma Wolitzer
FICTION: Hilma Wolitzer's collection brims with humor, insight and sorrow.
Review: 'Agatha of Little Neon,' by Claire Luchette
FICTION: Claire Luchette's debut is the compassionate story of a woman who longs to conform.
Review: 'Intimacies,' by Katie Kitamura
FICTION: A brilliant examination of language and communication, both in daily exchanges and at the height of formality.
Review: 'We Two Alone,' by Jack Wang
FICTION: A powerful tribute to the horrors of war and the challenges of immigrant life.
Review: 'Olympus, Texas,' by Stacey Swann
FICTION: Examining the infighting, secrets, loyalties and betrayals among members of a powerful family.
Review: 'Great Circle,' by Maggie Shipstead
FICTION: Maggie Shipstead's third novel is an expansive account of past and present.
Review: 'Libertie,' by Kaitlyn Greenidge
FICTION: Examining the dichotomies of slavery and freedom, body and spirit, duty and forgiveness.
Review: 'Red Island House,' by Andrea Lee
FICTION: Andrea Lee combines luscious physical descriptions with sharp-witted social perception in this thrilling novel.
Review: 'No One Is Talking About This,' by Patricia Lockwood
FICTION: This debut novel by the author of the memoir "Priestdaddy" engages in loss.
Review: 'Milk Fed,' by Melissa Broder
FICTION: Melissa Broder's latest is a delicious blend of wit and longing, as her character's restrictive habits give way to a brief period of indulgence.
