Faye Jones

1 month ago | chapter16.org | Sean Kinch |Maria Browning |Emily Choate |Faye Jones

For a story set amid the darkness and ugliness of World War II, Alice Austen’s 33 Place Brugmann is peculiarly focused on beauty. Set largely in the eponymous Brussels apartment building, this debut novel depicts the struggles of a group of characters for whom art and life are interchangeable. Mere survival doesn’t suffice; they cling to the hope that, when the ravages of war subside, the jewels of civilization will be restored to their pedestals.

Oct 30, 2024 | chapter16.org | Faye Jones

A Very Bad Thing, the latest thriller from Nashvillian J. T. Ellison, takes readers on a wild ride of secrets, lies, and hidden connections. Columbia Jones may well be the Taylor Swift of authors. She is hugely popular, filling venues not usually associated with artists of the written word. In Nashville, she appears at the Ryman. She is revered by her fans, who feel she is speaking to each of them in her books:They hang on every word. She is their god. Their rock star. Their favorite author of all time.

Aug 6, 2024 | chapter16.org | Faye Jones

Jesus for Everyone: Not Just Christians by Vanderbilt professor Amy-Jill Levine was originally called Jesus for Atheists, a title the author admits was catchier and more marketable, but not quite accurate. The historical Jesus, Levine explains, also speaks to those who are religious but not Christian, those who are not religious but spiritual, those who have been hurt by the church and left it, and those Christians who have stayed in the fold.

Jul 30, 2024 | chapter16.org | Faye Jones

Dan Foster has convinced his girlfriend Mara to vacation with him on an isolated island in the Bahamas. They are having a good time at this all-inclusive resort. Sure, they’re not staying in the most expensive part, Building A, where the rich and famous are housed. (There’s a rumor that Simon Cowell is there.) But neither are they in the low-end C Building with few amenities. What could go wrong? The sun could explode. Or implode. No one quite knows what happened, but the sun is no longer in the sky.

Mar 14, 2024 | chapter16.org | Faye Jones

I have been in this building all day, except for the hour they gave me for lunch. During that hour, I stopped at the radiology center to pick up a copy of an MRI done earlier in the year and bought a hamburger at McDonald’s, which my nervous stomach didn’t much like. Then I made my weekly call to my mother and lied about where I was. I started the morning in an ophthalmologist’s office, where it was decided that I needed to see another specialist.