In this issue, we review Start Without Me (I'll Be There in a Minute), Gary Janetti's funny and poignant collection of autobiographical essays; Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel, a reimagination of the villainized stepmother from the ancient Sanskrit poem Rāmāayana; Chesil's YA debut, The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart, which mixes outstanding storytelling with searing societal commentary; plus much more.
In the Writer's Life, Sheila Roberts discusses the origins of Sand Dollar Lane, her sixth entry of the Moonlight Harbor series, in which an unlikely romance blossoms between two rival real estate agents.
--Jennifer M. Brown, senior editor, Shelf Awareness