My Books

Emily’s House

The story of Margaret Maher, Emily Dickinson’s immigrant Irish maid, explores what it is to be an outsider in 19th century New England and sheds light on one of the people who knew Dickinson best. Her quiet act changed history and continues to influence literature to this day.

Flight of the Sparrow

The true story of the 17th century minister’s wife, Mary Rowlandson, who survived an attack on her frontier village during King Philip’s War. Taken captive with her three children, she spent three months among the Nipmuc before being ransomed back to her fellow Puritans.

Mr. Emerson’s Wife

This novel about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s second wife examines the emotional landscape of a long-term marriage and probes the sometimes rocky landscape of love.