I wrote this about a year ago when I was planning to leave L.A., and now I’m back so here we are.

The past really is a foreign country, as historian Jonathan Ablard finds when piecing together the turbulent history of his ancestors in the West and Midwest.

I pulled into the garage, took off my helmet, and stepped into the kitchen. Then I was greeted by the enormous smiles and warmth of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mrs. Nomalizo Leah Tutu.

Marcos Gonsalez’s debut novel provides an occasion for reflection and healing in traumatic times, now and past.