Some Sing, Some Cry, which spans seven generations, begins on a South Carolina plantation when freed slave Elizabeth "Ma Bette" Mayfield, the mother of her former master's ch
In December of 1888, Vincent Van Gogh slices off part of his earlobe with a razor blade, wraps it in newspaper, and presents it to a prostitute named Rachel.
A debut novel, Inside the Whale,features two characters separated by fate. In the summer of 1939, Stevie and Michael are young lovers. They are torn apart by war when Michael is sent to fight in Africa and doesn't return.