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| Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani AkinolaEstranged eldest daughter Sola is back in Chicago after her influencer life implodes thanks to her now ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, Sola's golden child brother worries about impending fatherhood, her physician sister isn't sure about her career or her love life, and her college student baby sister ponders who she is. This moving, funny debut takes place over two months and culminates at Thanksgiving with the siblings' Nigerian immigrant parents. Try this next: Terah Shelton Harris' Long After We Are Gone. |
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| Men Like Ours by Bindu BansinathThe Sharma family's friend Matthew Pillai charms everyone in their Indian American neighborhood in New Jersey, so his odd death sets tongues wagging. At the center of the story is newly widowed Anita Sharma, who immigrated as part of an unhappy arranged marriage, and her teen daughter Leila, whom Matthew spent a lot of time with. This evocative, darkly humorous novel is the debut of Bindu Bansinath, who writes for The Cut. Try this next: Shobha Rao's Indian Country. |
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| Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki BrammerAt 89, widowed Joy Bridport lives alone, though she has daily check-ins with her longtime best friend Hazel to make sure they are both still kicking. When cancer leaves adventurous Hazel with just months to live, it makes Joy question her own sedate life, leading to risk-taking, rule-breaking, and petty crime in this moving and heart-warming story about friendship, grief, and second chances. Read-alikes: Hillary Yablon's Sylvia's Second Act; Marianne Cronin's Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love. |
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| Bumblebee Season by Eileen GarvinJake, who's paralyzed below his waist, can't gather all the honey from his dozens of hives alone. With locals uninterested, he takes on Flaco, an undocumented teen fleeing violence. In Oregon studying bumblebees, neurodivergent doctoral student Abigail and her research team members also agree to help with the harvest. Then, after a local politician causes trouble, they all band together in this sweet tale. Though Bumblebee Season continues Jake's story from The Music of Bees, it works well as a standalone. |
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| Mercy Hill by Hannah ThurmanThe four Cross sisters, aged ten to 13, grow up in a cottage on the sprawling grounds of a North Carolina state mental hospital run by their formidable psychiatrist mother. Their mom expects them to eventually take over, so she pushes them academically and to volunteer at the understaffed hospital. But events threaten her grand plan in this debut narrated by the youngest sister and set between 1999 and 2004. For fans of: reflective, character-driven coming-of-age novels. |
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| Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent YuResidents of Beckitt, Massachusetts, a small town populated by mostly Asian Americans, all receive a cell phone alert that they should seek immediate shelter as a missile is inbound. This leads to a multitude of reactions: some people run, some try to protect others, and others share feelings they normally hide. Twenty minutes later, it's revealed to be a big mistake. Using linked stories and focusing on characters of all ages, this intriguing debut offers thought-provoking fodder for book clubs. |
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