Birds in Fall by Brad Kessler
A moving tale about a group of strangers who, mourning the loss of loved ones who perish in a plane crash, form an unusual community akin to family. The novel eloquently traces the characters’ interweaving lives that are ultimately transformed and which pay tribute to the human spirit.
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
Sensuous story about desire seen through the blossoming summer romance between an adolescent boy and his teenage crush. Set on the Italian Riviera, this novel explores the nuances of attraction, seduction, and obsession.
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
A fictionalized account of the scandalous love affair between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney, one of the architect’s married clients The novel imagines the inner lives of this love-torn couple while examining their passion and their pain.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Pulitzer Prize winning tale about a father and y
oung son trying to survive in a post- apocalyptic America. Profoundly moving story of how these two individuals, who are “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love in a world without hope. This novel captures the best and worst of human nature.
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
The story of one woman’s investigation into the past and her heart-wrenching discoveries about her identity and her mother’s life in Germany during World War II.
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
A superb collection of thematically-related short stories about the lives of two generations of Bengali immigrants searching the world, struggling to find a place that they can call home.
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