When I reflect on the style of the young adult novel Any Joe by Maura Lin, I envision a delicious dinner being prepared in a slow cooker. Why? Because special foods need time for all the rich flavors to fully blend and be enjoyed. So...

An Offering by Maura Lin is a historical literary novel that explores the lives of siblings Alice, Dora, and Edith from the Silent Generation, and Alice's children Lucy, Eleanor, and Mark from the Baby Boomer generation. The narrative focuses mostly on Alice and Lucy, starting...