City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “At some point in a woman’s life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is.” The novel follows Vivian Morris, a privileged girl who moves to NYC in the 1940s. A college [&he...
Alligator Zoo-Park Magic by C.H. Hooks REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “The carelessness of belief in magic was much at odds with the precision of an illusion…Jeffers was making something. He built something big where nothing much was.” Hooks’ debut novel is a carnival ride of sorts through a southern to...
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “Six or twelve. That’s your fate as a black man. Carried by six or judged by twelve.” Tayari Jones’s novel explores being black in America. She strategically catalogues the perspectives of three African-American people with different ba...
