Reading Guides and More For Book Clubs
The Archivists
(SPRING 2023)
This prize-winning story collection brings transcendence, wry humor, and a touch of the uncanny to life’s absurdities and catastrophes.
Blue Hours
(July 2019)
A mystery linking Manhattan circa 1991 to eastern Afghanistan in 2012, Blue Hours tells of a life-changing friendship between two memorable heroines.
Sight Reading
(2013)
This intimate novel explores how the desire to create something real and true—be it a work of art or one's own life—can lead to deeper personal revelations, including the secrets we keep, even from ourselves.
Russian Winter
(2010)
Set in both modern-day Boston and post WWII Moscow, Russian Winter tells the story of Bolshoi Ballerina Nina Revska as she becomes a member of Stalin's cultural elite.
Calamity & Other Stories
(2005)
Following three pairs of friends over three decades, this collection of loosely interrelated tales was short-listed for the Story Prize.