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| Family Drama by Rebecca FallonAs actress Susan Bliss finds stardom in the 1980s and '90s, she commutes from Massachusetts, where her husband works, to filming in California. This continues even after she becomes a mother, causing tension, and then when her twins are seven, she dies. As they grow into adulthood, artist Sebastian clings to his mother's memory while Viola ignores it, until she falls for her mom's former costar.
Try this next: The Dazzling Truth by Helen Cullen. |
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| So Old, So Young by Grant GinderOver the course of 20 years, six college friends find jobs, partners, and challenges as they move in and out of each other's lives. Organized around five get-togethers, the first on New Year's Eve in 2007 New York and the last at a funeral, this character-driven novel explores change, friendship, and growing older.
Read-alikes: Steven Rowley's The Celebrants; Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness. |
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| This Is Not About Us by Allegra GoodmanThis linked story collection is narrated by three generations of the Rubenstein family as they navigate 74-year-old Jeanne's death, a feud between her older sisters over apple cake, and various other gatherings for holidays, divorces, a bat mitzvah, and more.
Read-alike: All Adults Here by Emma Straub. |
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Brawler: Stories
by Lauren Groff
Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region-from New England to Florida to California-these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans' dark and light angels.
Read alike: Bad Dreams and Other Stories by Tessa Hadley.
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Songs for Darkness
by Iman Humaydan Yunis
A novel that captures the collective pain of a nation through the stories of four generations of Lebanese women. These women's legacies span and echo the scarred history of an abused homeland, from the eve of the first World War to the 1982 Lebanon War.
Try this next: There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak.
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Kin
by Tayari Jones
Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood but are fated to live starkly different lives. Vernice leaves Honeysuckle at eighteen for Spelman College, while Annie sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity, as well as love and adventure, culminating in a battle for her life.
You may also enjoy The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley.
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Clutch
by Emily Nemens
Five friends, twenty years, one reunion trip. As undergrads, Gregg, Reba, Hillary, Bella, and Carson formed the kind of rare bond that college brochures promise--friendship that lasts a lifetime. Twenty years into their shared friendship, the stakes are higher than ever, and they must help one another reconcile professional ambition with personal tumult.
For fans of Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall.
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| This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby PageWhen her new husband Joe dies of cancer, grief-stricken London book editor Tilly learns from their local bookseller that Joe has arranged for her to receive a book -- along with a note -- every month for a year. As the weeks pass, Tilly becomes friends with struggling bookstore owner Alfie and tries new things with Joe's literary encouragement in this charming read.
For fans of: Mikki Brammer's The Collected Regrets of Clover. |
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| Discipline by Larissa PhamOn a cross-country book tour for her autofictional novel that's based on her bad relationship with her college art professor, Christine ponders life and creativity while talking with strangers and people from her past. Then she hears from the professor, leading her to visit his island home in Maine. Reflective and suspenseful, this debut novel thoughtfully examines art, ambition, and relationships.
Try this next: All Fours by Miranda July. |
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More Than Enough
by Anna Quindlen
High school teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why they've become her closest friends. But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger, so Polly combs through her own family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.
Try this next: Good Company by Cynthia Sweeney.
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