A Greek odyssey in 1920s Utah. When Helen immigrates from Greece to Salt Lake City only to discover that her arranged marriage has fallen through, she struggles to find purpose in a country that doesn’t seem to want her. Can fellow immigrant Demetrios convince her that the American Dream is worth fighting for? An earlier version of this novella appeared as The Picture Bride in […]
Seventeen-year-old Mariana Rodriguez is devastated when her best friend and long-time crush, Dennis, chooses to date her tormentor over her. She plunges into work at her uncle’s dive shop, determined to sink her feelings for Dennis. When the new employee, Sam, shows interest in her, Mariana feels like she’s found the perfect springboard to moving on. After both the shop and her abuela’s house are […]
It is 1906, and sixteen-year-old Stella’s future in Durliosy, Poland, has never looked bleaker. After losing her parents at a young age, she was taken in by her brother’s family. But now, after years of mistreatment, she determines to escape her brother and the oppression of Russian-occupied Poland and travel to America—a land of hope and opportunity. Determined to find her independence, Stella is not […]