2 Books Like Call of the Blue Heron

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'Full of heart and humour . . . I loved it.' Ruth Hogan 'Will stay with you for a long time.' Anstey Harris 'I defy you to put it down once you've started' Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who… show more.

Maddie thought she knew exactly who she was. Until an old photograph changed everything…The last person Maddie expected to run into on New Year’s Eve is her recently single high school crush. Even more surprising is the dated photo in his possession of her mother at a costume party, snuggling up to the wrong man around the time of Maddie’s conception.Sharing the photo with her family goes down about as well as Maddie’s teenage aspirations to become a famous artist like her mother. Their reactions convince Maddie they’re all hiding something big—even bigger than Maddie’s secret career as an adult… show more.