Be Still the Water by Karen Emilson is a historical novel set against the backdrop of the tranquil shores of Lake Manitoba in the early 1900s, a story centered around the immigrant Gudmundsson family and their struggles to settle among the Siglunes in the early...

As a victim of child abuse myself, I have a pretty thick skin when I read stories similar to my own. But Where Children Run by Karen Emilson shook me to my core with its depiction of violence against children, especially since it is a...

Karen Emilson makes a powerful and succinct note to clarify the raison d’être of When Memories Remain: Sequel to Where Children Run, a statement that gives the reader perspective with regard to the story. Readers are introduced to twins David and Dennis Pischke, who having...