Holly says: "Part eco-thriller, part mystery, part survival story, Smith’s second novel is set on a fictional island in Puget Sound and is full of eerie, spooky, Pacific Northwest vibes. Marrow Island follows protagonist Lucie Bowen’s return to her former home twenty years after tragedy struck and changed her life forever. When Lucie’s childhood friend invites her to come home to the island and meet the community that has restored life to the island, Lucie’s journalistic curiosity compels her to go. She encounters secrets she never would have imagined. This novel put Smith on my must-read list and takes me back to the misty mornings and atmospheric forests of western Washington."

Holly says: "Smith’s debut, recently reissued by Tin House, is a delightful novella that follows Portland-based Isabel through a single day, as she dreams of a future she can’t quite grasp and looks back at the history that brought her to her current point. Wholly different from Smith’s novel Marrow Island, it still delivers on a uniquely Pacific NW reading experience. Isabel’s day job repairing damaged books in the basement of the local library will endear her to any reader."