by Lorraine Boissoneault
Science journalist Lorraine Boissoneault's outstanding memoir in essays, Body Weather, draws eloquent parallels between chronic illnesses and aspects of climate breakdown.
The 15 linked essays are divided into thematic trios that illuminate "the similarities between meteorology and medicine." Autoimmune conditions run in Boissoneault's family, but she also wonders whether water pollution near her hometown of Toledo, Ohio, might have something to do with it. Thyroid problems (Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves'
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by Douglas Stuart
In Douglas Stuart's superb third novel, John of John, a young man seeks to reconcile his sexuality and artistic goals with his family's expectations and his devout upbringing.
Twenty-two-year-old John-Calum Macleod goes by "Cal" to distinguish himself from John, his overbearing, violent father. Cal is a penniless Edinburgh art school graduate when his father calls him to their Isle of Harris croft in the '90s. Cal's maternal grandmother, Ella, has lived with them since Cal's mother left when he was nine. Now
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by Julie Schumacher
With this collection of 13 masterfully written short stories, Julie Schumacher, author of Dear Committee Members, for which she won the Thurber Prize for American Humor, demonstrates not only an unerring ability to find mordant humor in the vagaries of everyday life but also an acute and empathetic understanding of human relationships.
The protagonists of these stories are women at all stages of life, from childhood to dotage, who navigate their experiences with wit and resolve. In "Pioneers," a young girl
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by Lily Kim Qian
In the painful yet cathartic YA graphic memoir Until We Meet Again, debut author/illustrator Lily Kim Qian balances art and text to explore her experience growing up with a schizophrenic mother.
Chinese Canadian Lily first realizes "mothers could get scared" when a minor cut above Lily's lip sends mother and daughter rushing to the clinic. Lily's father decides that a move to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island may give the three a "peaceful place to raise a family." But Lily's mother whispers "strange conspiracies"
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by J.D. Amato, illus. by Sophie Morse, Sara Calhoun
Television producer J.D. Amato's first middle-grade graphic novel is an action-packed, stirring exploration of friendship, teamwork, and finding one's place in the world--all through an epically scaled game of Capture the Flag.
It's the summer of 1998 and lonely new kid Fred has just moved to Lakeside, Ill., a town divided into two feuding sides, "Uphill" and "Downhill." For 75 summers these rivals have been playing a fierce generational game of Capture the Flag. Hordes of kids collaborate as organizers, communicators,
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