Souls Lost and Found: Fiction

The intricate, interlocking stories of Jensen Beach’s story collection, Swallowed by the Cold, are set in a Swedish village on the Baltic Sea as well as in Stockholm over the course of two eventful years. Jill Bialosky’s The Prize follows the fortunes of a partner in a prestigious New York gallery who struggles with the memory of his brilliant but volatile father, the tempers of a high-maintenance artist and her competitive husband, the distress of a rocky marriage, and the temptation of extramarital adventure.