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in, in case their feelings aren't reciprocated and their fragile hearts can't take another round of loss

, independent woman trapped in the Victorian age, a time in which women have little choice and even less The author explores her own wonder, joy, loss, and peace as she reflects on her formidable mother after and fiction allows the true heart of the book, a daughter's wonder, grief, joy, and yearning for her lost

a private school where he can thrive--and have better prospects than Opal herself has had since the loss

05 The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts, loss

Your Own Fool Self, offers short stories centering around themes of race, relationships, grief, and loss

young hotshot Dominic Yun shows up and, as a male, automatically has the ear of their misogynistic boss offers poignancy, an exploration of grief, and the impossible-seeming prospect of going on after deep loss Which means setting Patrick and his beloved (but sometimes foreign-to-him) Maisie and Grant loose in This is especially interesting as related to the two lost loved ones for which Patrick is not officially

In Blood, Moorer, after years of therapy, reflection, and working through her enormous rage and loss,

Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose stint in the band Scream; his incredible rise to fame as the drummer for Nirvana; through his grief and losses

by Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier; Meet Me at the Lake, Carley Fortune's rom-com novel about loss She must be losing her mind. But she knows that last night was real.

to go on despite few options; and the surprise of new determination and hope after years of pain and loss

within McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore , but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss

The loss and redemption here are tragic and beautiful. Wilf, whose wife is losing her memories at the same time vivid memories of past events come rushing back

05 The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts, loss

themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those shaping historical "fact," grief, and loss

For my full review of this book, see The Witch Elm. 02 The Lost Man ​ Nathan and Bub come together to grieve the loss of their brother Cam. Things aren’t what they seem in The Lost Man, but Harper isn’t manipulative or tricky, either.

to go on despite few options; and the surprise of new determination and hope after years of pain and loss

their two daughters while she and Molner were frantically building their careers, and the horrible loss Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year, Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose

Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose digging into the difficult relationship with his father to sharing how he attempted to cope with the loss

bitterness, confusion, petty thoughts, life-and-death issues, trivial concerns, and intense love and loss In Meg Long's Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers to the brutal

issues--of what it means to be a family, of secrets and vulnerability, of constricting gender roles, of loss

Even when all hope should be lost, each character continues to press on. Maxwell explores loss, tragedy, the rich inner lives of children, the ripple effects of betrayal and

They're each coping with loss, facing danger, and are bracing for destruction as they grapple with their

love of food, cooking, and sharing meals in this irresistible memoir that's also filled with joys and losses

Evie copes with loss and some heavy issues, but Instructions for Dancing was also romantic, sweet, fun

I felt as though the later sections glossed over some major issues (consorting with the gruesomely brutal control, torture, and death—even with a promise of potential change; fast emotional movement past the loss

strange exploration of a post-plague world, coping with death, and how to live in the face of constant loss

Even when all hope should be lost, each character continues to press on. projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History Museum, putting Boss she turns her eye for detail and for wonderfully faulted characters on explorations of love, desire, loss

Niven offers a lovely, wonderfully odd, sometimes sad story, with vivid characters, hope, devastating loss

tragedy and dives into solving the disappearances of young women in her hometown; The Book of Delights, Ross For my full review of this book, please see When the Stars Go Dark. 02 The Book of Delights by Ross Gay Ross Gay resolved to write about a joy or delight, large or small, every day for a year, beginning on This was my first Ross Gay book, and I really like how his mind works, so I'm in for all of his books the coast of Tasmania, the story centers around a tightly knit community, complicated expressions of loss

is plunging the party down through layers of reality, through echoes of time in which strange events loosely echo world-building, in which things are similar to yet different from earlier versions, creatures lose I was repeatedly left wondering who was who, much less what their motivations, pasts, and realities might

Starter Villain shows a grumpy-seeming cat's head on a human torso clad in a suit with "Meet the new boss Then he inherits his long-lost uncle's parking-garage empire. this novel calls to my mind another book, which I loved, Natalie Zina Walschots's Hench, as well as loose

Depression rages, orphaned Italian immigrant Grace rises through the ranks of the Near North Ballet Company--losing As Nocturne became less anchored in emotions and motivations that I could grasp, I lost my connection There are twists, and I enjoyed Grace's strong stand at the end, but by that point I had lost my feeling

young woman who invents an alternate identity of Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet Women; I'm reading Less Is Lost, the second in Andrew Sean Greer's series (the first book was Less) about the character of author Arthur Less and the lengths he'll go to to try to avoid coping with the difficulties of life; and I'm Is Lost (Arthur Less #2) by Andrew Sean Greer In Andrew Sean Greer's Less, Arthur Less is about to turn In book two, Less Is Lost, Arthur faces the death of a former lover and a financial crisis--and again

Characters come off as less realistic than their fictionalized versions (who are main protagonists of unorthodox approach to benefiting from it was driven by a genius of a woman (who had to work though her far less Strikingly, she is able to retain her conscience, while he loses any he once had.

She is told she will receive zero support from the baby's father; she loses two roommates due to the baby's crying; she receives little practical help from her mother; and she loses her job. unexpected single motherhood--its tone is much lighter, and many of the logistical complications are glossed

01 Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth Libby Weeks is the author of the wildly popular fantasy series She's months late delivering the newest installment of the series, and her publisher and fans are losing I received a prepublication copy of Libby Lost and Found , which was published October 15, courtesy of

His lost love is on the ship (with his fianc é ), along with many Blessed who detest him--whether because identify what's occurring (and requires a lot of retroactive explaination), and the story's tension loses

Darnay, which he feels simply because of Darnay's very existence--not to mention Darnay's more handsome, less I don't recall reading A Tale of Two Cities , so the value of the allegories is lost on me.

And if the latter, why were his friends willing to travel with him, much less remain friendly on a regular

“I’m sorry that you lost your mother,” she said. “I suppose that the best ones are like mine. something never before seen in France: children's libraries, where kids in war-torn communities can dream, lose

stories and reshaping history, sharing his tragic past and garnering sympathy from Sadie, whose shadowy bosses Lucky, the youngest, a model, is losing herself in drugs and alcohol.

A German spy is on the loose in a small French community, and sources tell Laura that he may be linked hotel with a sinister violinist who seems to control their emotions--and tempt them with forbidden, lost

marriage finds happiness in a socially unacceptable relationship, and the legal backlash causes her to lose ghost, particularly heartrending to recall when a long-due reunion ultimately occurs after countless lost

This squashed much of my interest, as I couldn't let myself be lost in the insanity any longer because felt like an opportunity to explore pure feelings and for the straight-laced main protagonist to cut loose

enlisted to create elaborate dishes for the wealthiest elite on a lush mountaintop compound, and she loses But when the boss's daughter begins tinkering with precious resources, our main protagonist is swept

Fear seeks to preserve itself, and the bigger you let your life and perspective and heart get, the less Cash finds himself well outside his comfort zone, wearing Old Navy versions of the uniform, lost in poetry

But there's some funny dialogue here that made me laugh, and Yarros allows the characters to be less Violet's physical condition and chronic illness is referred to in Iron Flame but is far less of a key (sleeping for hundreds of pages), with a grand reveal at the end, the impact of which felt a little lost

Starter Villain shows a grumpy-seeming cat's head on a human torso clad in a suit with "Meet the new boss Then he inherits his long-lost uncle's supervillain business--complete with an evil lair in an island

slips potential evidence into her pocket, gathers and questions those she thinks are suspects, and bosses This was a fast read (listen), and while the denouement didn't completely hold together for me and the loose

stern headmistress, and the links to India made me feel as though this was a grown-up version of the loose Lister was in fact frequently writing back to her former love--but many of Raine's belongings were lost