Canada

By Richard Ford ecco, $27.99, 420 pages Richard Ford’s Canada is the story of Dell Parsons, a 15-year-old boy who finds his life uprooted, not once but twice, through the actions of the adults around him. After his parents are arrested for a bank robbery attempt, he...

Passing Love

By Jacqueline E. Luckett Grand Central Publishing, $14.99, 320 pages Nicole-Marie Hardy has long dreamed of going to Paris but it is not until she makes a promise to a dying friend that her journey begins. Once there, in a wild coincidence, she comes across a photo of...

Jezebel

By Irene Nemirovsky Vintage, $14.95, 200 pages Gladys Eysenach is on trial for the murder of her alleged lover. In short order she is found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. This is not the end of Irene Nemirovsky’s novel Jezebel but its opening pages. By...