Karen Halvorsen Schreck

Past Darkness

Fiction

“A profound story of sudden, devastating loss and the tenuous, graceful process of healing and redemption. The characters who move through this powerful first novel are as complex or nuanced as the people who move through our lives; you will remember Gabrielle Larson, Uncle Will, Aunt Bea, and Ian Mackenzie long after you turn the final page. You will remember the places they inhabit as well. Woiwode evokes rural North Dakota with the tender confidence that comes only when a writer knows the shape of a place as well as she knows the shape of her hand. From one lucid sentence to the next, she illuminates the intimate mysteries of the natural world, and invites us to share in its expansive beauty.”

Within These Lines

Fiction

“In fiercely beautiful prose, Stephanie Morrill delivers a timely new novel that sheds much-needed light on racial conflict and trauma experienced on the home front during World War II. An evocative, impeccably researched story of love, loss, longing, and the necessary hard work of reconciliation, Within These Lines offers characters who will inspire readers long into the future. Historical fiction fans, this is a must-read for 2019.”