THE GIST: A missionary family in the Congo discovers that they are ill-prepared for their work, and for the impact that Africa will ha...

THE GIST: Two strangers meet, possibly for the first time. Then the countdown begins. THE VERDICT: 7 Days and Counting is my fri...

THE GIST: A young girl must deal with the repercussions when her beautiful, terrible mother murders her lover. THE VERDICT: Astri...

London, Christmas 2010 THE GIST: A boy and his stepmother must come to terms with the disappearance of his father and the truth about ...

THE BOOK: Prolific Hong Kong author Xu Xi has just released a new collection of short stories through a new Hong Kong press: Signal 8, an ...

THE GIST: The House of Buendia rises and falls as its members are born, make love and war, and die or refuse to die. THE VERDICT: Th...

THE GIST: A businesslike woman in Hong Kong loses her family and has to navigate a world of money, corporate deals and new men while fig...

THE GIST: A woman is relegated to the role of breeder in a dystopian pseudo-biblical society. THE VERDICT: Margaret Atwood's well-kn...

THE GIST: A blind girl and a reclusive boy connect and learn to heal from personal trauma over cello music and rhubarb. THE VERDICT: Th...

THE GIST: A young boy spends the first five years of his life in a single room with his mother, and then they escape. THE VERDICT: Thi...

THE GIST: In this smart, contemporary tale two aging men cope, or fail to cope, with the loss of their wives and their identities. The th...