Maureen Corrigan

You fall in love with a person, but you get a package deal. That's one of the big messages of two new novels that ruminate on love and family, particularly the family that's thrust upon you when you happen to mate with one of their kith or kin.

Maureen Corrigan reviews an offbeat little novel called Nives by Italian writer Sacha Naspini.

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev, is the debut novel by Dawnie Walton. It's set in the rock music world, and is about music, race, and family secrets.

Libertie, a new novel by Kaitlyn Greenidge, is inspired by the life of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney-Steward, the third African American woman to earn a medical degree in this country.