In Cathleen Schine's latest book, a glamorous Jewish grandmother describes her family’s escape from the Nazis to a Californian artist colony to her aimless grandson during Covid lockdowns.
Author Gabrielle Zevin’s novel deftly examines how friends compete with each other, hurt each other, withdraw from each other and, ultimately, provide tender loving care for each other.
Hanna Halperin draws on her career experiences to create a detailed and engrossing depiction of the complicated dynamics that fuel violence within one fractured family.