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A meeting of grandmother and grandchild could change everything forever.

Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val follows her--and uncovers long-buried secrets that could change

Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming second chances

in Done and Dusted , particularly Luke, are largely determined to show that they are capable and in charge I'm not looking to nitpick sex scenes, but Luke felt so immediately bossy and in charge during their I yearned for Emmy to take charge of facing her own horse-related fears, ideally while taking charge

I love diving into his vulnerabilities surrounding grief, change, pain, and the fight for freedom from

has been desperately searching across worlds to find the friend she failed to save--the friend who changed

And yet these are the same activities that change lives, sometimes all at once and sometimes more slowly , the way dripping water changes stone.

Air by Paul Kalanithi “I began to realize that coming in such close contact with my own mortality had changed There was just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advance reader's copy, so this likely changed

She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything.

and mission, she wonders: could identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change

Each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not taken asks how much of a person's happiness and life course is determined by circumstance, by choice, and by chance Yet each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not

At times the retracing of the town's history and the backgrounds of those involved in the climactic ride

When her mom shows up from Ghana, Maddie jumps at the chance for some independence; a late bloomer, she Tragedy, misfortune, and a passionate desire to take charge of her life together spur a satisfying turnaround

, but that didn't diminish my joy in the least at their banter and how their relationship grows and changes to Happy, described as "a laugh-out-loud funny yet heart-breaking novel about first love and second chances

deprivation that kept her and other cult members under control of the Uncles, as the group called the men in charge surprise, she begins to notice and respond to the wonders of the light, the weather, the air, and the changing

Zeno and Della are vagabonds, putting on shows for small bills and change, scrambling to make enough Sadie Green are brilliant, creative collaborators and a wonderfully complementary pair since their chance like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants. shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking, heartwarming chance

Nothing could change that. Right?

Letters from family and friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes When cool Leo at school reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past

book yet of the seven in the Cormoran Strike series, we see some emotional growth, potentially game-changing deliberate in his life choices as the book progresses, ultimately (briefly) showing a potentially game-changing

including her life's one tender connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous people--is due for some changes

After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes

, Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted and changed

Makkai offers up the potentially world-changing power of young people with an idea and tenacity; and

The Briar Club , and The Alice Network , as well as The Phoenix Crown , which she wrote with Janie Chang

within the relationships she lays out, and you may not be able to anticipate who's going to have a life-changing couple of the eleven stories in Meloy's collection left me wishing for more, but Meloy doesn't leave you hanging

I'm Reading Now I'm reading What You Can See From Here, Mariana Leky's novel about loss, grief, and change loss, when it does occur, takes everyone by surprise, and Selma's granddaughter, Luisa, is forever changed

But right before Simon gets a chance to go on tour, and just as he's letting his hopes soar that this In With or Without You, Leavitt explores what happens to a marriage when the people in it change, and

Through tracing the framework of and the growth and change of her relationship, Smith also explores gender

Zusy's Frederick sisters navigate a complicated, stressful situation and drastic changes with plenty

Harvey emphasizes the urgency of the need for change and offers age-appropriate examples to help build which privileges your racial group at the same time," and she notes that we have the capacity to effect change overhaul some traditional tools and frameworks in favor of equipping white children to be part of the change book can go hand in hand with other excellent examinations of race, racial injustice, and effecting change

Funny, how truth changes in the telling. How a person becomes a myth, how a myth becomes a hero.

felt hemmed in by hippie culture and also by the societal opposition to it; how she missed some world-changing

schemes--some ill-fated--and begins to understand that the group's intention is to effect sweeping change But grandiose plans don't always go off as planned, and making any change in a society so entrenched

schemes--some ill-fated--and begins to understand that the group's intention is to effect sweeping change But grandiose plans don't always go off as planned, and making any change in a society so entrenched There are tragic lies and lies of omission, mistakes, missed chances, and moments that drastically change

She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything.

The elaborate climactic scene was creatively gruesome—and I felt realistic disgust as a result.

traces the webs of deceit, greed, bravery, and the desire for heroic glory that build to the book's climax

These days there's no more witching and no more will for spells and change in the world.

as we see Jarrett grow up enslaved and dedicated to his horse Darley (later renamed Lexington in a change

But a tragedy the day before their planned departure changed everything--and led her to a newly imagined

the author of The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , The Alice Network , and, with Janie Chang

appreciated that Laurie's desire for independence and solitude weren't swept away in a convenient, abrupt sea change I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every

involves jaunts through multiple versions of the same story, as our fantastic main protagonists shift and change

into an engrossing, complicated family story of forbidden love, secrets, impending death, and second chances enraging to watch him pretend to be buoyed along and tell himself he has no real power--when he had the chance

exception, are Sedaris's unflinching observations of moments in time, desperate scenes, and emotionally charged They've got so many ways of calling you a witch, they just change it to how it suits them.

“People think romances are just about sex—and some are, which is fine—but they’re also about social change

gives the all-clear and Logan Ramsay steps into the basement, he has no idea that everything's about to change

kingdom's evils are intensely detailed and extensively explored; this motivates characters to seek change

transports you to her late 1980s teenage bubble and allows you to live alonside her through her sharply life-changing

standout for me, you might also enjoy a different book about aging women taking back their power, The Change