"SHAE" by Mesha Maren (Algonquin, 224 pages, $27). Mesha Maren's new novel, "Shae," begins with the title character's dubious memory of the beginning of star-crossed love. Shae's recollection ...

Duke University professor Mesha Maren’s third novel “Shae” is an aching Appalachian coming-of-age story about a relationship between two teenagers who navigate a raw and courageous journey through the ...

Fear, identity, love, and addiction are some of the visceral elements readers will explore in Mesha Maren’s novel Shae, published last month by Algonquin, in which the namesake narrator experiences a ...

When 16-year-old Shae meets newcomer Cam, the two become fast friends, and then much more. After Shae gets pregnant and their daughter is born via a traumatic C-section, she’s given opioids to manage ...