Nicole Bokat

Nov 4, 2024 | billwolfe.substack.com | Nicole Bokat |Bill Wolfe

October was a busy month for me. I started a new job at the local library (after being a volunteer there for a couple years); as a lifelong Dodgers fan I was caught up in the playoffs and the World Series; and as a news junkie (and former journalism teacher) I’ve been intensely interested in this most consequential of presidential elections. And I’m still producing the Friends of the Library monthly newsletter.

Oct 1, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Nicole Bokat |Kathy Reichs |Mike Maden

A tumultuous narrative that will confound readers’ expectations and keep them guessing. In Bokat’s novel of upheaval, uncertainty, and revelation, there’s more to one young woman’s traumatic story than meets the eye. In 2019, twenty-something Eleanor “Ellie” Stone is staying in her childhood home in suburban New Jersey for the weekend with her younger brother, Josh. She’s there to keep him safe, since he’s a drug addict.