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The Dearly Beloved

August 21, 2019

This is a devastatingly quiet meditation on faith and what happens to that faith when it is battered and bloodied.

Knox

Small Fry

May 15, 2019

The memoir of Steve Jobs daughter and the difficulties faced by being the daughter of a genius who also denies your existence.

Knox

Commonwealth

December 26, 2018

A beautiful and heartbreakingly epic story of families experiencing loss and betrayal and how to cope with it all once the dust settles.

Knox

There There

December 5, 2018

The cover almost kept me from this one, but I'm glad I relented. It is an untold story that is soul-wrecking.

Jamie

That Kind of Mother

May 9, 2018

This is a divisive book but I kept marveling at the writing and worrying about the characters.

Jamie

Little Fires Everywhere

September 20, 2017

Celeste Ng cast a spell on with this one. The book is so much better than Reese and Kerry can convey.

Jamie

You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

August 23, 2017

I thought this one would break my heart and it did, on occasion do just that. But it also made me want to tell the…

Jamie

The Mothers

November 9, 2016

This is not for everyone but it was a gift to me. It's lyrical yet depressing. Beautiful bummer.

Jamie

Everything I Never Told You

August 3, 2015

You'll hold your breath. Not because of the action, but beause of the drama. It's a another beautiful bummer.

Jamie