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The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel
by Ocean Vuong
Illuminates the Living at the Edges (8/5/2025)
Seen from one perspective the story of 19-year old Hai who is saved from suicide by a Lithuanian woman in her eighties takes the shape of a "buddy" tale. They are two marginalized people giving each other strength in dire circumstances. Grazina's dilapidated home becomesmore
Presumed Guilty: Presumed Innocent #3
by Scott Turow
Courtroom Drama with Heart (5/17/2025)
A retired Judge and former prosecutor's life is upended when his fiancee's son is charged with murder. Rusty Sabich and his fiancee, Bea, took twenty-something Aaron into their home so they could watch him follow the strict rules of his probation. Aaron has other plans andmore
The Fairbanks Four: Murder, Injustice, and the Birth of a Movement
by Brian Patrick O’Donoghue
Evidence of Hope (3/30/2025)
As a journalist, Brian Patrick O'Donoghue knew how to track thin threads of evidence to yield a larger picture of the truth. As a teacher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), he ignited in his Investigative Reporting students devotion to pursuing the facts. Together,more
We'll Prescribe You a Cat
by Syou Ishida
Cats, Prescriptions and Change (5/27/2024)
Are you a cat lover? Do you think you dislike those sharp-clawed little carnivores? Or, are you agnostic about the whole F. catus family? No matter, for whatever your response to the domesticated cat it is represented in "We'll Prescribe You a Cat," by Syou Ishida.

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The Funeral Cryer: A Novel
by Wenyan Lu
An Appeal Beyond Sadness (2/14/2024)
This is the story of a woman whose unhappiness sprawls across the page like a blanket. The income she earns as a funeral cryer, as well as the modest pleasure of a job well done, is offset by the loss of friends who withdraw from her because she is tainted by death.

At home,more
Happiness Falls: A Novel
by Angie Kim
The Key to Happiness (12/30/2023)
The book not only seeks to unravel the mystery of a missing father but offers reflections on happiness, musings on the assumptions we all make, and parses out decision making processes. While that might seem like too much for one novel to bear, Angie Kim handles it all ably.more
The House on Biscayne Bay
by Chanel Cleeton
Not compelling (12/23/2023)
Many of the characters in this novel were not particularly sympathetic, with this reader finding Carmen Acosta the one exception. The motivation for each character's actions were eventually explained but were not accompanied by full character development.

The stories of twomore
River Sing Me Home
by Eleanor Shearer
Freedom, Peace and Love (10/7/2022)
This novel is about seeking, and sometimes finding that which is sought. It highlights the courage that leads humans to reach toward freedom and peace from the midst of dire circumstances. Rachel's love for her children leads her on a perilous journey to be reunited withmore
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