Briefly Noted

“Nothing ruins summer vacation like a secret…especially when it involves a dead teacher.”

“Cox provides a searing look at the painful, dehumanizing treatments forced on people with mental disabilities at the time [1950s] and the limited support their families had . . . Cox resists the easy ending and fills her novel with emotional and moral conundrums.”

“The whimsical canvas of a illustration brings our city to life the way we’ve always pictured it. This is a book for children of all ages and for anyone who has ever spent time in this amazing Tennessee town.”

“In Punching Holes in the Dark, author Robert Benson helps us discover strength in the gifts of the Spirit and encourages us all to start punching holes—as hard as we can, as often as we can—to let the Light of the world sneak in.”

“Kenyon’s writing is brisk, ironic and relentless imaginative. These are not your mother’s vampire novels.”

“An important book not to be missed by anyone interested in parenting, mental health, memoir, or African American social history. With this second memoir, Pierce-Baker again distinguishes herself as a writer fiercely capable of writing trauma transcended.”