Miriam the Medium

In Rochelle Jewel Shapiro's thoroughly charming debut novel, Miriam the Medium, phone psychic Miriam Kaminsky takes calls from her Great Neck, New York, home office, offering clairvoyance and heartfelt advice for a fee. She comes from a long line of psychics, including her Russian grandmother "Bubbie," who although dead, still hovers around Miriam like…