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Mr. Lynch’s Holiday by Catherine O’Flynn A sophisticated and touching nov-
el of a father and son recon-
necting in a foreign place. Mr
Lynch's Holiday is about how fami-
lies fracture and heal themselves
and explores how living 'abroad'
can feel less like a holiday and
more like a life sentence.
Belong To Me by Marisa De Los Santos ornelia Brown surprised herself
when she was gripped by the
sudden, inescapable desire to
move with her husband to the
suburbs. Her mettle is quickly
tested by her impeccably
dressed, overly judgmental
neighbor Piper Truitt, as she
forms an instant bond with an-
other recent arrival, a warm yet
elusive woman and her percep-
tive, brilliant young son, Dev. But there are shocking
secrets and unexpected surprises lurking beneath
the peaceful veneer of suburban life—and nothing
is quite what it seems.
P.S. I Love You by Cecelia
Ahern Everyone needs a guardian angel!
Some people wait their whole
lives to find their soul mates. But
not Holly and Gerry. Childhood
sweethearts, they could finish
each other's sentences and even when they fought,
they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry
without each other. Until the unthinkable happens.
World Without You by Joshua Henkin
The Frankel family is descending
upon their beloved summer home
in the Berkshires. They have gath-
ered to memorialize Leo, the young-
est of the four siblings and an in-
trepid journalist killed in Iraq. Here
this family’s story unfolds, as, over
the course of three days, the
Frankels contend with sibling rivalries and marital
feuds, with volatile women and silent men -- and, ulti-
mately, with the true meaning of family.
An Offer You Can’t Refuse by
Jill Mansel
Nothing could tear Lola and Dougie
apart, except his mother… Ten
years later, though, when Lola
meets Dougie again, her feelings
for him are as strong as ever. But
she broke Dougie’s heart and he’s
about to discover that she was
paid to do it. She can never tell him the truth, so can
she get him back?
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
In middle age, Annie Oh—wife,
mother, and outsider artist—has
shaken her family to its core. After
twenty-seven years of marriage and
three children, Annie has fallen in
love with Viveca, the wealthy, cul-
tured, confident Manhattan art
dealer who orchestrated her professional success.
Me Before You Readalikes
Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
by Jonathan Evision
After a great loss, a teenager with
muscular dystrophy and his caregiver
venture out in a hair-raising road trip
across the American West, in this
lively, soulful novel that ponders
life's terrible surprises and the
heart's ability to heal.
Get Lucky by Katherine Center
Nothing worthwhile is ever easy.
After a decade away, Sarah is
forced to confront one ghost from
her past after another: the father
she’s lost touch with, the memo-
ries of her mother, the sweet guy
she dumped horribly in high
school. Soon everything that
matters is on the line—and Sarah
can only hope that by changing her life she has changed
her luck, too
Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Sage Singer becomes friends with an
old man who's particularly beloved in
her community after they strike up a
conversation at the bakery where
she works. Josef Weber is everyone's
favorite retired teacher and Little
League coach. One day he asks Sage
for a favor: to kill him. Shocked, Sage
refuses, but then he tells her he de-
serves to die. Once he reveals his secret, Sage wonders
if he's right.
Out of Warranty
by Haywood Smith
Wanting to remarry when her
health-care costs eat up all of her
money, widow Cassie Jones en-
lists the grudging help of reclusive
fellow patient Jack and devises a
pragmatic but unconventional so-
lution when dating proves unsuc-
cessful.
Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Renée Michel is the 54-year-old con-
cierge of a Paris apartment building.
Paloma Josse is a 12-year-old genius
who behaves as everyone expects
her to behave, but she plans to kill
herself on her thirteenth birthday.
Both Renée and Paloma hide their
true talents and finest qualities from
the people around them, until a
wealthy Japanese gentleman moves into building. Only
he sees through them, perceiving the secret that
haunts Renée, winning Paloma's trust, and helping the
two discover their kindred souls.
Rosie Project
by Graeme Simson
A socially awkward genetics profes-
sor who has never been on a second
date sets out to find the perfect
wife, but instead finds Rosie Jarman,
a fiercely independent barmaid who
is on a quest to find her biological
father.
Someone Else’s Love Story
by Joshilyn Jackson
Shandi Pierce is juggling finishing
college, raising her delightful three-
year-old genius son Nathan, and
keeping the peace between her
eternally warring, long-divorced
parents. She's got enough compli-
cations without getting caught in the middle of a stick-
up and falling in love with William Ashe, who willingly
steps between the robber and her son.
Love Letters by Katie Fforde
Laura volunteers to help organize
a literary festival, only to find that
the festival committee thinks she's
a friend of hermit-like author Der-
mot Flynn and dispatches her to
Ireland to get him to the event.
Turns out he's -really crabby...but
cute.
We Never Asked for Wings
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
How far would you go for your
children? Let someone else
mother them if you thought they
would do a better job? As a single
parent, Letty does everything for
her two children - apart from
raise them. Being a mother terri-
fies her more than she can admit, and so she's always
let her mother take that role. When Maria Elena ups
and leaves, however, Letty has to confront her fears
and become the parent she doesn't think she can be.
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