“If ever there was a book written from and for love, with a hunger to know, to understand, and to heal, this is it.”—Abigail Thomas, New York Times best-selling author of Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life and A Three Dog Life: A Memoir

“How do we conjure our dead, especially if they left this world before we were born? Marty Ross-Dolen asks this question and, with this beautiful book, offers us a map. They are all around us, in each photograph, each saved letter, each thing they built. And what was built by her lost grandparents is iconic, part of the very fabric of America. With Always There, Always Gone, Ross-Dolen doesn’t just conjure a tragic death. She conjures life.”—Nick Flynn, author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City and This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire

“Using lyrical prose and startling imagery, Marty Ross-Dolen tells the story of a life marked forever by a past family tragedy. This deeply haunting and tremendously moving work of beauty offers a rare and genuine glimpse into the way a heart can both break and mend at once.”—Bret Lott, author of Jewel, an Oprah Book Club pick, and Before We Get Started: A Practical Memoir of the Writer’s Life

“In a series of stunning vignettes, letters, and photographs, Marty Ross-Dolen traces a legacy of grief while confronting generational silence and loss with daring clarity and a poetic eye. The result is tender and wrenching, a compendium of longing. As with all the best writing, her work inspires and makes me eager to get on with my own. A dazzling memoir.”—Sonja Livingston, author of Ghostbread

“When Marty Ross-Dolen’s grandparents are killed in a terrible airplane accident years before she is born, the future is undone and then remade. The shattering will live on in Marty’s mother, reverberate through Marty, bend and twist inside the evidence of lives taken far too soon. With deepest love and capaciously poetic language, Always There, Always Goneoffers proof of the sustaining power of language, even in the face of catastrophic loss.”—Beth Kephart, National Book Award finalist and author of My Life in Paper: Adventures in Ephemera

“A tragic accident, an inherited trauma, a fierce desire to protect. These are the threads Marty Ross-Dolen weaves in Always There, Always Gone. Searching for a grandmother she never knew, Ross-Dolen forges connections between three generations—grandmother, mother, daughter—in this wise and moving memoir. Innovative in its approach, Always There, Always Gone reminds us of the resilience of the human spirit and the ties that bind.”—Lee Martin, author of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist, The Bright Forever

“Reading Always There, Always Gone is an immersive, mesmerizing experience. It’s been a while since I read a story that so completely pulled me in. With striking, fresh metaphors and carefully crafted sentences, the writing tugged on every fiber of my mother-being. Days after closing this haunting memoir, I was in a daze, feeling very much like a time traveler returning to the present. Marty Ross-Dolen’s powerful words and this book will always be with me.”—Christine French Cully, Editor-in-Chief, Highlights for Children, and Author of Dear Highlights: What Adults Can Learn from 75 Years of Letters and Conversations with Kids

“Intersections is a compelling read about two truths: life is complicated, and it can change in an instant. Karen Uhlmann captures the intersection of now and then with this readable story of loss, grief, love, and redemption. The subject is serious, but the prose are smooth and accessible. Readers are plunged right in the messy and human world of the characters, and we can’t stop reading. Intersections is a book that will get your book club talking long after the wine is gone!” —Lian Dolan, best-selling author of The Sweeney Sisters and The Marriage Sabbatical

“Intersections takes you on a journey that begins with a heartbreaking death and ends with a whole new life. Along the way, secrets force surprising detours that make the reader wrestle with questions of true moral complexity, even as they turn the pages faster and faster. I was left marveling at Karen Uhlmann’s ability to transport me so completely into the lives of her flawed but heroic characters.”—Lorna Graham, author of Where You Once Belonged

“You wouldn’t expect a writer of such crystalline elegance to be able to crank up the tension but crank it up Uhlmann does—and in deliciously unpredictable ways.”—Deborah Michel is the author of Prosper in Love

“I was hooked from the first page by this compelling, propulsive, and moving story of families dissolving, building, loving, hating, and evolving amidst the moral dilemmas that define our era.”—Lori Andrews is the author of 11 non-fiction books and three mystery novels: Sequence, The Silent Assassin, and Immunity

“In this intriguing debut, Intersections offers a contemporary eye on family, infidelity, and fertility, illuminating both the burdens and blessings of mistakes, and the sometimes-messy path to grace. Karen Uhlmann’s sharp-eyed take on the complicated lives of two Chicago families illustrates effectively the intersection between truth-telling, justice, and the power of love. In every chapter, Uhlmann brings to the page a cross-cut of voices from the Windy City, rendering tension with care and precision that keeps you guessing until the very end.”—Erica Plouffe Lazure, author of Proof of Me and Other Stories

“Talia’s poetry simultaneously takes your breath away while breathing life into you. The Mother Self honors and acknowledges the mother in the most profound of ways, offering you connection and understanding on a journey that can sometimes feel lonely and overwhelming for the modern woman.”—Vienna Pharaon, national best-selling author of The Origins of You

“In beautiful prose and enchanting poetry, Talia offers a glimpse into the wilderness of the new mother’s heart. She asks the tender questions, explores the mundane miracles, and reflects upon the woes and the wonders of an oceanic love. The Mother Self—a memoir, a meditation, and a marvel.”—Vicki Rivard, author of the indie bestseller brave new mama

“The Mother Self is a portal into the heart-filling love that defines early motherhood. Each poem stops time, bringing you back to those raw and tender moments, awakening the cherished memories along each mother’s unique journey. This collection showcases the power of stunning poetry.”—Coby Kozlowski, M.A., author of One Degree Revolution: How the Wisdom of Yoga Inspires Small Shifts that Lead to Big Changes

“The Mother Self is a delightful, thoughtful collection of poetry—delicate, raw, and intimate. Talia’s words, steeped in truth and beauty, capture the subtle and often indescribable emotions and experiences of early motherhood. Undoubtedly, mothers will return to her words time and again.”—Bethany Saltman, best-selling book coach and award-winning author of Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey Into the Science of Attachment

“Talia put words to feelings I have only felt. Tender, visceral, breathtaking. Each word on every page. This book is for every mother.”—Maggie Doyne, author of Between the Mountain and the Sky: A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, Healing, and Hope and Co-founder/CEO, BlinkNow Foundation

“I couldn’t look away. The Untended is a feat of storytelling, with a narrator you can’t help rooting for caught up in a system that might grind her up. With all the tension of thriller paired with the deeply felt poetry of lyrical realism, I couldn’t admire this novel more.”—Liz Harmer, author of Strange Loopsand The Amateurs

“The Untended is addictive (in the best sense imaginable). It will simply sweep you into the lives (and crises) of Casch Abbey and her children. Don’t miss it!”—Tom Engelhardt, author of Shadow Government

“An intense, crisply told story of resilience in small-town New England, with characters dragged into a mire of emotional and financial hopelessness, with the drug industry about to turn the final screws. Or maybe not? Kramer knows how to draw you in so you feel the journey is your own.”—Jude Berman, author of The Die

“Mattea Kramer’s The Untended is as unflinching and memorable as its protagonist—a single mother and boxer who is strong enough to get off the mat even when life throws her a haymaker.”—Jesse Donaldson, author of The More They Disappear

“A life-affirming story of gumption, resourcefulness, and ferocious attachment.”—Nancy D. Campbell, author of The Narcotic Farm

“Standing Up is a story of hope and resilience that reminds us of our power to make a difference in another’s life. Devine captures her lived experience and depicts the trauma that too many people experience in private. Her unvarnished style exposes pain and struggle and provides insight into the issues that trap so many.”—Mariann Kenville-Moore, MSW, DVS, Director of Advocacy & Policy, Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence

“Standing Up invites the reader to join Devine on a personal journey through the crucible of domestic violence and her emergence of strength and enlightened perspective on one of law enforcement’s most challenging issues.”—John L. Cunningham, retired New Castle County Chief of Police

“So complex and haunting, with tragedies real and imagined. Are we to be judged, or judge ourselves, by our worst actions? Anyone who has lain awake remembering past errors can relate to Arden’s spiral of regrets in this fascinating book. Arden wants to be good, tries to be good, feels every failure, and being human, does have failures. There are secrets, conflicts, emotions, suspense, characters to love and care for. I gladly turned off the TV, lost sleep, ate quick meals—just to keep reading!”—Storyteller Mary

For The Color of Ice:

“Exquisite … a passionate tale of love, loss, redemption, and healing as seen through the power of glass and ice.”—Lisa Barr, New York Times best-selling author of The Goddess of Warsaw

“Seamlessly portrayed, tenderly sculpted, The Color of Ice is an alluring, stunning literary vision that will stay in your mind long after you finish it.”—Weina Dai Randel, Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Last Rose of Shanghai

For The Sound Between the Notes:

“A tour de force steeped in suspense … a sensitive, astute exploration of artistic passion, family, and perseverance.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Barbara Linn Probst delivers yet another powerful story, balancing lyrical language with a skillfully paced plot, and offering a deep exploration of the search for identity and connection.”—Julie Cantrell, New York Times best-selling author of Perennials

For Queen of the Owls:

“A nuanced, insightful, culturally relevant investigation of one woman’s personal and artistic awakening.”—Christina Baker Kline, New York Times #1 best-selling author of Orphan Train

“Where You Once Belong pulls you in like a beach read, makes you think like a book club pick, and delivers a whopper of a twist like the best TV magazine show. I couldn’t put it down and the ending—that’s somehow both shattering and uplifting—still haunts me.”—Andrea Canning, Dateline NBC correspondent