Catherine Greene

Dec 21, 2023 | csmonitor.com | Ariel Lawhon |Samantha Harvey |Christine Platt |Catherine Greene

1 The Frozen River, by Ariel LawhonDuring the punishing Maine winter of 1789, midwife Martha Ballard hunts for the truth about a frozen body pulled from the river. Drawing on her knowledge, connections, and unflinching sense of right, Martha sacrifices her reputation – and safety – to find answers. Lawhon’s smart, deeply felt story enthralls; it underscores the remarkable courage needed to buck conventions.

Dec 15, 2023 | lithub.com | Christine Platt |Catherine Greene

Though Gwendolyn Brooks once said that “writing is a delicious agony,” one might assume that writing with a friend would be more delicious than agony, right? Well…it’s complicated. It is well-established that writing a novel is no easy feat, and coauthoring a work of fiction with someone you know doesn’t make the task any less daunting. In fact, there may be moments when co-writing a book with a dear friend might even make the process a bit harder.

Dec 5, 2023 | lmtonline.com | Christine Platt |Catherine Greene |Wadzanai Mhute

- - - If we are to believe Carl Jung's declaration that life begins at 40 ("up until then, you are just doing research"), then Christine Platt and Catherine Wigginton Greene's "Rebecca, Not Becky" perfectly encapsulates middle age and its awakening. Set in the wealthy enclave of Rolling Hills in Northern Virginia, the novel follows the lives of two 40-something stay-at-home mothers, with narration alternating deftly between the women.

Dec 5, 2023 | powells.com | Christine Platt |Catherine Greene

In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay-at-home mothers — one white, one Black — living in a "perfect" suburb that explores motherhood, friendship, and the true meaning of sisterhood amidst the backdrop of America’s all-too-familiar racial reckoning.