Suzy Vitello

The Collapsible World Anne N. Marino (Norton) You don’t need a compass to navigate Anne N. Marino’s debut novel, The Collapsible World. Larry is the drug-addicted, anesthesiologist daddy. Midge is the freshly absent mommy. Nina is the genius-turned-stripper older sibling. Lillie is the dyslexic alcoholic narrator. Stick them all in San Francisco’s North Beach, wrap […]

Rowing in Eden Elizabeth Evans (Harpercollins) God bless the child who grows up to become a writer. Keeper of the gate as opposed to life of the party. Introverted note-taker, instead of self-confident prom queen. Awkward and stumbling in matters of the heart. And so it is with bookish outcast Frances Jean Wahl, the 13-year-old […]