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Book cover of Fresh Water for Flowers

Beth Dotson Brown Author Of Rooted in Sunrise

From Beth's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Beth's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Beth Dotson Brown Why Beth loves this book

Wow, what a book! The writer chose a unique format in which to tell a deeply emotional and healing story. The writer pays attention to the details of every day life and that adds to the draw of the story. It's long, but it's worth the time.

By Valérie Perrin , Hildegarde Serle (translator) ,

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6 authors picked Fresh Water for Flowers as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2021
A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE & INDIE NEXT LIST PICK

A #1 international best-seller, Fresh Water for Flowers is an intimately told story about a woman who defiantly believes in happiness, despite it all.

Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Her life is lived to the predictable rhythms of the often funny, always moving confidences that casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues share with her. Violette’s routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole—local police chief—who has come to scatter…


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Book cover of Aggressor

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 Three Guesses

Beth Dotson Brown Author Of Rooted in Sunrise

From Beth's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Beth's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Beth Dotson Brown Why Beth loves this book

Three Guesses is a beautifully creative book! I appreciate books that aren't the same old plot and story. This is a unique approach to a story about friendship that captivated me as a reader. Three cheers for Chris McClain Johnson's work.

By Chris McClain Johnson ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Three Guesses as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Three strangers, connected only by a mesmerizing painting named Three Guesses, embark on an extraordinary journey of friendship. Compelled by their agreement to communicate only by mail, Sam Brooks of Memphis, Tennessee, Richard Mabry of Phoenix, Arizona, and Pete Wren of New York City reveal surprisingly intimate, personal details in a series of letters over the course of seven years. Then, as each contends with critical turning points in their lives, the unlikely trio breaks their mail-only pact and makes a life-changing decision to finally meet in person at the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Humorous and heartbreaking, soulful and…


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