In Melissa Albert’s The Children: A Novel, Guinevere has two childhoods. She and her brother, Ennis, live in their family’s Vermont farmhouse but also in the magical adventures found in the books written by their mother, Edith. Then a fire leaves Edith’s series unfinished and her children the sole survivors. Twenty years later, Guinevere and Ennis must face questions about Edith’s death – and the darkness behind her fantasy world. In Christina Li’s family gothic The Manor of Dreams: A Novel,Vivian Yin, the first Chinese actress to win an Oscar, has died, and her relatives gather for the reading of her will. But a last-minute change to the document means the sprawling Southern California estate that her children expected to inherit will be passed on to another, long-estranged family, sparking a bitter struggle. Will they all cling to their secrets until it’s too late? And in Christy Scott Cashman’s What Happened in Beulah: A Novel, teenage Barrett feels invisible in her Smoky Mountain town as her parents’ marriage unravels. When the captivating new girl in town suddenly vanishes, it sends ripples through the community. As search parties comb the woods and rumors spread, Barrett begins to uncover the secrets her community keeps carefully buried. Moderating is Jenna Blum, author of Murder Your Darlings: A Novel.

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