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An intimate and moving exploration of friendship, unexpected loss, and the gifts revealed in grief’s aftermath.. Author Florence Wetzel is delighted when her elderly mother Marion develops a close bond with Sara, her new housekeeper. When Marion falls ill, Florence and Sara work together to take care of her, forging…


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

This heartfelt story of a friendship and the grief of losing that friend to cancer was hard to put down. It made me think a lot about the resilience of the human spirit, and its eloquent prose-poem style enhanced the power of the narrative.

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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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