I love books about the interior lives of women and their relationships. The level of intimacy between these four sisters was touching. They seemed to thrive despite their flawed parents.
I also love a story that spans decades and gives you a sense of their entire lives.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?
“Hello Beautiful is exactly that: beautiful, perceptive, wistful. It’s a story of family and friendship, of how the people we are bound to can also set us free. I loved it.”—Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace
William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman…
It was complex, even confusing at times, but it came together beautifully in the end. The setting and characters were unique to me and I enjoy reading something out of the ordinary.
“A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing.” —Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review
“We all need—we all deserve—this vibrant, love-affirming novel that bounds over any difference that claims to separate us.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for…
Verghese weaves a decades-long story of generations of an Indian family. He is a physician and the book is infused with knowledge and empathy. You will be immersed in their world and the changes through the generations.
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret
“One of the best books I’ve read in my entire life. It’s epic. It’s transportive . . . It was unputdownable!”—Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com
The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of…
This is the inspiring true story of a woman ahead of her time. Roebling is considered to be the first woman field engineer and was highly instrumental in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1869, Emily fought to overcome society's disbelief in a female scientist when she became a liaison for her husband, Washington Roebling, chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge after he became ill.
Gifted in math and science, she participated in all aspects of the construction. After the completion of the bridge, she went on to stunning achievements of her own, attending law school and traveling the world as an outspoken feminist and writer. This book is based on historical accounts and research, so it is largely true.
