The Open Road Blog

The Habit, Susan Morse’s fresh, funny, utterly irresistible memoir, offers readers a look at a mother-daughter relationship that is both universal and unique.

From the time she was conceived, Susan Morse was her mother’s “special” child. Now she finds herself as part of the sandwich generation, responsible for a woman whose eighty-five years have been single-mindedly devoted to identifying “The Answer To Everything.” And, this week’s Answer looks like it may be the real thing. Susan’s mother is becoming a nun.

Mother Brigid is opinionated and discerning, feisty and dogmatic, a brilliant artist (truly, a saving grace), and predictably ...

One More River, Mary Glickman’s captivating follow-up to her bestselling debut, Home in the Morning, tells the epic tale of ordinary men caught in the grip of calamity, and inspired to extraordinary acts in the name of love.

It’s 1962 in Guilford, Mississippi, and Mickey Moe Levy must prove his pedigree to the disapproving parents of his girlfriend, Laura Anne Needleman, to win her hand in marriage. With only a few decades-old leads to go on, Mickey Moe sets out to uncover his father’s murky past, from his travels up and down the length of the Mississippi River ...