Books
Penelope Przekop’s novels explore the hidden self: the inherited stories, private longings, family wounds, faith, grief, art, and memory that shape a life. Across different voices, eras, and forms, the work returns to a central question: what do we carry, what do we hide, and what does it take to become whole?
Her fiction is literary, psychological, and emotionally layered, often following characters who are caught between who they have been told to be and who they are struggling to become.
Novels
Please Love Me is a Southern coming-of-age novel about a girl caught between first love, religious certainty, inherited shame, and the ache of becoming herself.
Aberrations is a Southern psychological novel about a young woman whose search for the truth about her mother’s death forces her to question the stories, secrets, and distortions that have shaped her life.
Centerpieces is a philosophical literary novel that weaves Vincent van Gogh, corporate ambition, art, and midlife longing into a story about what gives a life meaning.
Dust is a Southern literary novel about family fracture, grief, addiction, and the painful limits of loving someone you cannot save.
Nonfiction & Writing Process
Penelope’s nonfiction and writing-process books reflect her long-standing interest in creativity, courage, systems, and how meaningful work is built over time.