Julia Phillips

An unexpected and disturbing visitor

Into the mundanity and trudge of Sam’s and Elena’s lives comes a bear.  Sam and Elena live in San Juan with this ailing mother in a increasingly dilapidated house. Since Sam was 16 and Elena 18, they have been taking...

Abduction ripples through a community

~ Disappearing Earth, by Julia Phillips ~ This riveting novel starts with two young girls on a beach, occupying themselves while their mother is at work. Alyona could see, under her sister’s feet, the pebbles breaking the curves of Sophia’s...