The Sounding

A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

Religious and cultural tensions escalate when an African Islamic woman has an affair with a white American agnostic man.

A Connecticut nurse finds herself at the center of a political firestorm and a Supreme Court case centering on eminent domain.

The feisty aging Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life. Her rebellious heart has always ruled and her choices have put her at odds with...

In the fall of 1963, Eddie Birdlace is an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer who is about to ship out with three of his buddies for a tour of duty in...

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in...

Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A...

A hand awakens to find his body unconscious. As the hand struggles to revive his owner, he discovers that his body has attempted suicide. The hand...

A fidgety, wisecracking video store clerk develops a fixation on a particularly reclusive customer, a frequent visitor to the pornography section of...

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and...

A single mother in rural India has to pay a heavy price to repay her debts.

Valentina seeks refuge from the incessant waves of her mind in the pages of her upcoming poetry book Lapislazuli, trying to keep her life from...