Tag Archives: novel

Accolades for ‘Kantika’

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Bookworm

Professor of English Elizabeth Graver’s critically acclaimed novel, Kantika, is winner of a National Jewish Book Award in the category of Sephardic Culture. Kantika was inspired by Graver’s grandmother, who was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Istanbul and … Continue reading →

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Is Hemingway her father?

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Bookworm

The Wildest Sun (Dutton/Penguin Random House, 2023), a new novel from bestselling author Asha Lemmie, follows the story of Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthood, who embarks on a journey to find the father she has … Continue reading →

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A father and son above the fire

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Bookworm

Above the Fire (Blackstone Publishing, 2023), the debut novel from Boston College Law School graduate Michael O’Donnell, tells the story of Doug, a widower, and his 7-year-old son, Tim, who find themselves tested by nature and the unknown in an unexpected … Continue reading →

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American Roulette

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Bookworm

Eight authors have collaborated on a new novel that tells a story about gun violence and its aftermath in a unique way. American Roulette (Milford House/Sunbury Press, 2023) opens on one unremarkable day in an average U.S. town where a … Continue reading →

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Mystery on Cape Cod

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Bookworm

Boston College graduate Ted (T.M.) Murphy, writing under the pen name Declan Rush, has published a new novel set on Cape Cod. In the suspense thriller Macabre Trophies (Dark Waters Books, 2023), J.T. O’Rourke’s life has entered another downward spiral, … Continue reading →

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Murder runs in the family

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Bookworm

Bestselling author James Patterson and Boston College graduate Mike Lupica, an acclaimed sports journalist and bestselling author, have teamed to write The House of Wolves (Little, Brown and Company, 2023). After her father’s murder, Jenny Wolf is left in charge … Continue reading →

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Debut novel from Sean Smith

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Bookworm

Boston College Chronicle editor Sean Smith has written for a living for the better part of four decades, but this summer he has published his first work of fiction, Transformation Summer. Smith’s debut novel focuses on 16-year-old Seth, who reluctantly … Continue reading →

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‘Kantika’ by Elizabeth Graver

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Bookworm

Kantika, the latest novel by Boston College Professor of English Elizabeth Graver, is a multi-generational saga of one family’s displacement across four different countries. Kantika is a genre-defying mix of personal family history and fiction, drawn from interviews Graver conducted … Continue reading →

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The Half of It

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Bookworm

Bestselling author Juliette Fay, a graduate of Boston College, has written a new novel about settling the past, rekindling lost friendships, and discovering love when it’s least expected. The Half of It (William Morrow Paperbacks, 2023) tells the story of … Continue reading →

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What happened to Jane Larkin?

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Bookworm

Boston College Law School graduate William Landay, author of the bestselling novel Defending Jacob, has published a new novel about family secrets, vengeance, and love—All That Is Mine I Carry With Me (Bantam, 2023). In 1975, Jane Larkin goes missing. … Continue reading →

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