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A friend urged me to read this book and I spent the first few parts wondering why, disliking the characters, not feeling the urgency to read. And then, it all changed. A new part began. I turned the page. Everything changed. This was one of the most unique books whose narrator surprised me along the way.
Longlisted for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize • A Best Book of 2024: Time, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, The Sunday Times (London)
“Remarkable…Compelling…Fine and taut…Indelible.” —The New York Times • “Moving, unnerving, and deeply sexy.” —Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with the Pearl Earring • “A brilliant debut, as multi-faceted as a gem.” —Kirkus Reviews
A “razor-sharp, perfectly plotted” (The Sunday Times, London) tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
Enormous Blue Umbrella is the latest collection of poems by Donna Hilbert. It was published in 2025 by Moon Tide Press. Donna Hilbert is a master of the short poem. She takes the everyday--what she sees on her walks, trips to the dentist, the grocery store--and makes it magical. Her poetry is accessible in the best way, fresh and authentic. I couldn't put it down. I read the poems over and over again.
The poems in Donna Hilbert's Enormous Blue Umbrella are drawn from the stuff of everyday life in the world: seaside and woodland, supermarket and sidewalk. With the past and present conversations with the living and the dead, Enormous Blue Umbrella is a primer for praising the world, even in the face of heartbreak.
