Why read Coq?

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From Leacock finalist Ali Bryan, a witty and immensely fun dramedy about a family's memorial trip to the City of Love, where chaos ensues at every turn.

It's been ten years since Claudia's mother died after a tragic collision with a banana boat. Her kids are now teenagers, her brother's…

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1 author picked Coq as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Bev Katz Rosenbaum

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This is a sequel to a book I loved very much, Rooster.

This one is about a memorial trip taken to Paris by the family featured in Rooster, now grieving its matriarch, who never got to the city of light. As you probably sussed out in my bit about We All Want Impossible Things, I adore books about questioning main characters and chosen families and love and identity.

I'm a YA author who writes about those things, and in the adult books I read for pleasure, I look for those same elements. In Coq, characters once…

From Bev's 3 favorite reads in 2023.