The Story of Arthur Truluv
Dream When You're Feeling Blue
Library Journal Review: Berg (Open House) has done a spot-on job of researching the World War II years; she hardly misses a beat. She focuses on the Chicago Heaneys, a loving family enduring the tumultuous years of 1943?46. USO dances, pin curls, V-mail, food rationing, and newsreels figure prominently in this romantic story of the […]
The Handmaid and the Carpenter
Publisher Weekly Review: Berg's sweetly understated dramatization of the Nativity story casts Mary and Joseph as provincial teenagers who try to honor family tradition in spite of challenging circumstances. Alternating between the voices of the holy couple, Berg relates a romance that blossoms at the wedding of relatives between the 16-year-old carpenter from Nazareth and […]
We Are All Welcome Here
"It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, the town of Elvis's birth, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently – and violently – across the state. But in Paige Dunn's small, ramshackle house, there are more immediate concerns. Challenged by the effects of the polio she contracted during her last […]