(Hardback)

Kyle Tackwell Balls light-hearted memoirabout transforming an ancient church in Italy that once served as a way station for Crusaders and religious pilgrims into a livable spaceunearthing skeletons in the backyard, encountering mysterious biting bugs, and hosting occasional visitations from a ghostly presence who smoked Marlboro Lights along the way.

(Paperback)

Seeking refuge from harm for both themselves and their progeny, Ida and her daughter Bessie flee a pogrom in Ukraine for Americabut once there, family secrets, betrayals, and mistakes made in the name of love undermine the lives of their children and grandchildren. Eventually, they all must find the courage to forgive and take comfort in the bonds of family.