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Our Father's Second Best Suit

Two adult siblings in 1973 inherit a tailor's second-best suit and contradictory instructions about whom it belongs to. Following its repairs through a port community reveals a network of favors their father could never afford to admit he needed.

Historical fiction
The River Writes Back to My Sister cover

The River Writes Back to My Sister

An adult sound recordist returns to her river town after her sister stops answering letters. The river begins replying in scraps of both their handwriting, but remembers their argument from a third perspective.

Magical realism
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The Year We Shared a Single Applause

A community-radio producer and her estranged brother document a town theater's final season. Their recordings preserve every performance except the backstage labor that made the family proud and quietly pulled it apart.

Literary fiction