Tom Lake is a story of life’s winding roads, disappointments, and ultimate joys and beauty. “The past, were I to type it up, would look like a disaster, but regardless of how it ended we all had many good days.
Tom Lake – by Ann Patchett
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I Have Some Questions For You – by Rebecca Makkai
“I Have Some Questions For You” is a complex story about the murder of a teenager (Thalia) at a seemingly high end boarding school in 1995. The story is being told 23 years later by Bodie Kane, a graduate of
The Rabbit Hutch – by Tess Gunty
The Rabbit Hutch is the story of lives gone awry in the depressed town of Vacca Vale, Indiana. In the past, the town had been completely dependent on Zorn Automobiles. “For decades, Zorn Automobiles was a miracle, a heartbeat, an
Shrines of Gaiety – by Kate Atkinson
“Shrines of Gaiety” is a raucous, action packed novel about a matriarch led family that owns numerous, very profitable nightclubs. The story takes place during a short period of time in 1926, after World War I, and begins when the
The Marriage Portrait – by Maggie O’Farrell
“The Marriage Portrait” is a beautifully written piece of historical fiction revolving around the marriage of 13 year old (15 in the novel) Lucrezia di Cosimo de’Medici to Alfonso II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara in 1560.
The novel begins with
Lessons – by Ian McEwan
“Lessons” is a story of a life, its influences, its twists and turns and all of the changes that occur with the passage of time. The novel is pure Ian McEwan.
Roland Baines is the product of a complicated family
Lucy by the Sea – by Elizabeth Strout
Lucy by the Sea is an amazing rumination on life during the COVID pandemic from the perspective of Elizabeth Strout’s well known character, Lucy Barton.
Lucy Barton is a famous novelist, recently widowed and living in the Manhattan apartment she
Horse – by Geraldine Brooks
“Horse” is a work of historical fiction about horses, race, wealth and art. The novel focuses on a historic racehorse, Lexington. The story spans three different time periods and ties together disparate people and incidents.
The novel begins with Theo
Trust – by Hernan Diaz
Trust is a unique novel about perception v reality, wealth v greed, gender equity and the complexity of relationships.
The story is told in three segments. The first segment is a separate novel within the novel by fictitious author Harold
Sea of Tranquility – by Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility asks the question of whether this life is real or whether we are living in a simulation. The story is influenced by the COVID pandemic, the increasing importance of artificial intelligence and the rise of authoritarianism.
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