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A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family friends like family, facing responsibility and challenge, and acknowledging when long-held dreams have changed She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything.

in her ways, she's sometimes out of step and old-fashioned, often grumpy--and she's facing immense changes She's never welcomed change before, but maybe, just maybe, she will be able to shift her perspective offers messy, imperfect characters in often difficult situations, and they find their way through having changed

loss and a devastating blow for future plans, lies and betrayals, and, finally, a messy but hopeful chance He is, after all, an imperfect person whose fear of failure caused him to abandon each chance at a wonderfully

Bridget has a chance at a stable new beginning--yet she's young and can't stifle her yearning for adventure

the tales of multiple generations; interesting, assumed identities; otherworldly beings; wonderful chance (and life-changing) encounters; and a rich English countryside setting.

but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss set against the drama of climate change the climate is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change facial expressions, word choice, and interactions as well as vast in its scope, considering climate change's

Abriel has said that this story is so fully inspired by her grandmother's story that she didn't even change floods of food, fashion, and joy; the evolutions of their careers; and each of their attempts to find a second

I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons.

But it's truly unlike anything I have ever read, and the second section, which is an enormous departure her own eventual personal growth drove a rift between her and the mother she idolized, a shift that changed

Because Jessica's body is usurped so quickly in the story, we don't get a chance until the very end to

Or will they have missed thirteen years of their lives--and the chance to figure out how the heck they

A chance meeting shifts the paths of their lives forever.

I’d forgotten that there was a second book in this series, American by Day, which I now recall that I

Andrew Sean Greer offers a story of enduring love, loss, chance encounters, friendship, adventure, and

should post a glowing review of this book on this site; I loooooved reading it while I was expecting my second

Those who seem without hope fight and claw for a chance, while those who seem to have it all fall to

Nonie is the young protagonist of this stark climate-change dystopian future, in which her small community The climate-change novel is powerful, disturbing, and, starkly lovely in its stripped-away love and loyalty Have you read other climate-change books that have captivated you?

Zeno and Della are vagabonds, putting on shows for small bills and change, scrambling to make enough and mission, she wonders: could identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change Sadie Green are brilliant, creative collaborators and a wonderfully complementary pair since their chance

social comparison and perfectionism, and he offers suggestions of widespread measures and family-based changes shines a light on the importance of mental wellness and invites young people to lead efforts toward change

Read's debut novel is gorgeously written, with vivid details of mid-century Colorado, moments that change Wilson Moon is a drifter displaced from his tribal lands, and a chance meeting between Wil and Victoria

The book repeatedly tracks back in time to that summer that changed everything, and it alternates peeks The youthful experiences are repeatedly said to be life-changing, and the impact of them is largely summarized this short period in the characters' early teenhood is repeatedly purported to have ongoing and life-changing

These days there's no more witching and no more will for spells and change in the world. I think the second book in the All Souls series (Shadow of Night) is even stronger, as it delves more

Because if that were true, we wouldn't deserve another chance. And we do."

She has the incredible chance to make the same decisions or to consider her choices and do things differently The following morning, she gets yet another chance at reliving her first day.

Details of Bono's activism make up much of the second half of the book.

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

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

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading two climate-change dystopian novels, All the Water in the World published tomorrow), and Hum by Helen Phillips, in which artificial intelligence is king after climate change years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change

When her mom shows up from Ghana, Maddie jumps at the chance for some independence; a late bloomer, she

I loved it and I'd read another book by her in a second.

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

It follows that there are two ways for the nature and use of human power to change. When the people change, the palace cannot hold.

books and truth-telling as characters discover their bravest selves and confront difficult situations, changing Kirsten Miller is also the author of The Change , a novel that I said " explores the power of menopausal

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

Helen must simply determine whether she can accept Grant's chance association with that tragic night-

Constitution was shaped the way it was, its evolution, the possibilities and barriers in place regarding changing present-day nation, finishing with a grade for each aspect of the Constitution and a tone of empowerment for change

, The Rose Code , and The Alice Network , as well as The Phoenix Crown , which she wrote with Janie Chang attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost son much changed

savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of each is dramatically affected by her own various small and large decisions, others' choices, and chance

Now Sybil is in her late 70s, and she's facing immense changes. She's never welcomed change before, but maybe, just maybe, she will be able to shift her perspective

teeth of the Gilded Mountains, where the snow and murderous cold conspire to ruin a woman, I lost the chance

the tales of multiple generations; interesting, assumed identities; otherworldly beings; wonderful chance (and life-changing) encounters; and a rich English countryside setting.

shines a light on the importance of mental wellness and invites young people to lead efforts toward change when a local farmer shoots a dog going after his sheep, the gunshot sets into motion events that will change

shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking, heartwarming chance After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes

Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk is back on the case in this second in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk

interconnected by a single drop of water and "the Epic of Gilgamesh," an ancient poem that may have the power to change Through Zaleekah's 2018-set story we explore climate change, pollution, and the consequences of abusing

The dystopian future of Hum is haunting in its familiar elements, its plausible, terrible climate-change years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change

embracing of the beauty in an everyday life and in straightforward affection, the heartbreak of missed chances

Drawn to locals like high schooler Betty Campbell, who is physically and psychologically changed after But she experiences a wavering and changing faith of her own.

For my full review of this book, please see Razorblade Tears. 03 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change surrounding aging, change, and unexpected new beginnings. The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes But what I loved most about The Change was the unapologetic embracing of the frequently fraught menopausal Click here for my full review of The Change. 04 Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Stephanie Wrobel's

She and Marco have the chance to help the effort to bring down the Nazis, but at enormous potential cost