In the Spotlight: The Manicurist by Phyllis Schieber

Title: The Manicurist

Author: Phyllis Schieber

Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

Paperback: 325 pages

Genre: Literary Fiction

The Manicurist is the story of Tessa Emanuel, a young woman who is engulfed by vivid images of the past.  When Tessa is a child, both parents allegedly die in a car accident.  However, the body of Tessa mother, Ursula, is never found. Tessa is obsessed by memories of her mother, whose battle with mental illness made Tessa's childhood a secret w...