Karin Cook: 8 books

radiant debut novel, What Girls Learn takes readers on an intimate and haunting journey into the landscape of girlhood and the complex terrain of the family. Wise, bittersweet, and above all intensely human, this astonishingly powerful novel enchants readers with its humor and insight even as it breaks their hearts.

Here it is - the first novel I wrote in 2003! And now it's available in eBook format! This is a family oriented (age 16 and up), faith-based mystery set in 1885 and 2005 which tells the story of a man unjustly convicted of a crime and the family and friends who help to rectify it 120 years later....

Do you have a goofy relative who is constantly playing pranks? Is there something not quite right about the new home you are moving into - but you can't put your finger on it? Combine the two and you have Uncle Norman and his oddball idea of justice - justice for someone who was murdered and...

Sometimes sadness can extend to family and in the worse case scenario, it can cover an entire island with its only town. The town of Sunshine has become grim, covered in a gray shroud of sadness and a young woman named Mary has been brought to the island to see if she can rejuvenate it - bring back...

When Molly O'Brien's husband Phil dies from injuries sustained in a car accident, she must find the strength to go on with her life. Christmas alone was not an option, so she went half-way around the world to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina for a spiritual retreat to deal with the sadness...

This may be a Wisconsin story, but it has global implications. Do you ever wonder what would happen if the New Madrid Fault expanded the entire length of the continent and caused a horrendous earthquake? What if it split our nation in half? And what of Global Warming? As a world community, can we...

This is a collection of seven short stories - the first in a series, compiled over a period of three years. These stories are great for a weekend getaway, holidays or just to read in the evening when you want something short. Some stories have similar themes - some have weddings because I adore weddings....

Essays in part one of Theatre History Studies, Vol. 35 address theatrical production in very specific historical contexts, among them German theatre “from the rubble of Berlin” and German nationalist mass spectacles. Essays in part two are devoted to the theme of “Rethinking the Maternal”...