Review: The Magic Circle by C.F. Hayes
A shocking recollection of abuse, power, and repression in one tragically brief life, The Magic Circle by C.F. Hayes is a stirring portrait of emotional processing and the dark secrets we carry too often to the grave.
Following her sudden death, Mary Armstrong’s diary passes into the hands of an old friend, one who never expected to find it full of haunted memories, taboo secrets, and philosophical streams of intense exploration. Layered with intimate confessions about her earliest sexual experiences, including shocking revelations about her father, a prominent conservative Senator, this journal becomes a gateway to Mary’s imaginative and undeniably […]
A vulnerably told story of three soulmates making their way in a world far from home, How to Break a Girl: Whatever doesn’t break you makes you write a novel about it by Amanda Sung is a striking and original novel about the balance between assimilation and identity.
Author Lila Johnson and her trio of wild and openhearted women are back in The Fat Girls Club: Hawaii Five-No, another hilarious and globe-tripping installment of this one-of-a-kind series.
