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Lucille Guarino Author Of Lunch Tales: Suellen

From Lucille's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Lucille Guarino Why Lucille loves this book

Historical fiction that transported me to another place and time with an unforgettable protagonist.

By Pamela Taylor ,

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1 author picked The Last Priest of Tintagel as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Piran Chegwin had known since he was just a boy that he wanted to be a priest-to bring comfort and care to ordinary folk in a little parish church. So when his father manages to scrape together the money for him to study theology at Oxford, it seems his future is set. That is, until he encounters Martin de Villiers, an ambitious, self-important fellow student who takes an instant dislike to Piran. Piran's only offense? Having been born a Cornishman. But to Martin's eyes, it's an offense that must be set right.

Journey with Piran from Oxford to the papal…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of Welcome to the Bright

Lucille Guarino Author Of Lunch Tales: Suellen

From Lucille's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Lucille Guarino Why Lucille loves this book

Written with raw honesty and unflinching courage, as the narrator navigates post-cancer life.

By Lisa Febre ,

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1 author picked Welcome to the Bright as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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“Febre's writing is at its most lyrical, starting off quietly and gently, then swelling to a crescendo of awe before calming to a resolute whisper of self-affirmation. Welcome to the Bright is a celebration not only of the life we've lived but of the living we have yet to do.” –Troy Hollan, award-winning author of Clucked

After a year-long battle with Stage-4C Colon Cancer, 48-year-old Lisa finally heard the words she had been hoping for: no visible sign of disease. Chemotherapy and radiation treatments were over, she was technically disease free, and it was time to celebrate that success.

She…


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