The Darkest Child

The Darkest Child

(This review first appeared in November 2006) Rating:  The Darkest Child, by Delores Phillips. Soho Press (2004), 387 pages. This is a very well-written and disturbing (in a good way) novel that does not deserve its ugly cover. The boring stock photo of a...
The Rapture of Canaan

The Rapture of Canaan

(This review first appeared in December 2002) Rating:  The Rapture of Canaan, by Sheri Reynolds.  Berkley Books (1995), 320 pages. Who doesn’t love a good story about a young girl growing up in a religious cult in the backwoods of the Southern U.S.? In this...