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characters' strongly held assumptions and prejudices surrounding Mods and Primes, and Wren's fierce loyalty

Things You Save in a Fire is a quick read that addresses serious matters—betrayal, loyalty, duty, trust

Relationships shift, unlikely ties grow stronger, characters grow apart and find their way back together

memoir Somebody's Daughter, Ford explores her complicated relationship with her mother, her endless loyalty

Family, pain, love, music, influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most

For much of the book I wasn't quite clear on the status of the characters' evolving romantic loyalties

Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the

heart-wrenching connection; The Echo Wife, Sarah Gailey's sci-fi book about betrayal and complicated, unexpected loyalty I loved the characters' unanticipated loyalty to unlikely parties and their hard-won emotional growth What Beauty There Is is a story about darkness, desperation, unlikely loyalty, and, ultimately, brave

to please her impossibly shut-off and unhappy mother, but who wouldn't try to get a job or otherwise shift

Kalanithi makes a shocking shift from being a doctor helping terminally ill patients to being a patient

Young Mungo explores ideas of masculinity and loyalty, young love, a gay relationship forged in an unforgiving

Family, pain, love, music, influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most

of the book, I stumbled at some awkward scene transitions, and there is a late, abrupt point of view shift

complex issues regarding corruption, prison, war, money, power, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty

Can she shift the future by changing the past? older brother never seems to be around to help; and she's the only Black person at work with a boss who shifts

The story keeps a patient pace as Captain Jim uncovers clues, uses deduction, and emphasizes loyalty

crushed by famine, feudalism, corruption, greed, and unrest--which spurs on some citizens to attempt to shift

childhood encounters with nature, and for me the book really shone when she included her family's current shifts

adjustment to life without her free-spirited, joy-filled partner; and it tracks the grief and the resulting shifts

She's got deeply loyal and inspiring newly divorced friends to lean on, a body- and sex-positive lifestyle

into the country's traditions, political interests, and its royal family's interpersonal conflicts and loyalties

gender roles (and tragic female limitations) in mid-eighteenth century Europe; high stakes that can buoy loyalty

And Anequs is just the fearless catalyst who might be able to shift it all.

essays; and We Are the Brennans, Tracey Lange's family story about secrets, tragic mistakes, love, and loyalty

I split my loyalties fairly equally between them--yet the characters are diametrically opposed in their

Evaristo's novel are concerned with sexuality, autonomy, race, artistic expression, tradition, class, loyalty

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

an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting feelings surrounding coming home again, shifting

Harley's story about loyalty, loss, and pushing forward is beautiful; it's sometimes heartbreaking and

I especially love how Chen explores Kin's emotions in both of his realities, his warring loyalties,

01 Isola by Allegra Goodman Isola , based upon the story of a real-life sixteenth-century woman, shifts

In The Witch Elm, French dips her toe into exploring how privilege, luck, (sometimes blind) loyalty—and pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history, loyalty

He's forced to consider what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the

Strout shines a light on turning points: small but powerful shifts of power or emotion, masterfully illustrating

It's about embracing your true self, saying yes to adventure, and the strength and power of loyalty and For a different (not young adult) book I also loved, which centers around superheroes, loyalty, revenge

The steamy scenes, the twisty route to the relationship, the career shifts, and the science focus were

; brothers at odds; complex issues surrounding prison, war, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty

Her tone is loyal while remaining brutal and honest. ), and how her own eventual personal growth drove a rift between her and the mother she idolized, a shift

warnings I felt they shouldn't need--but the book was atmospheric, and the characters' friendship and loyalty

Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the

His best friend Turner is more savvy, careful, and jaded, while loyal to Elwood.

He's forced to consider what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the

She's Hollywood royalty, and her former movie star mother lives in a home on the same compound. Kathi tends toward outrageous excess and could use a loyal companion who cares enough to set limits toward a rigid faith, marriage/child/parental/educational expectations for women, adventure, strong female loyalty

1830s New York, immigrant challenges, Irish gangs, people pretending to be different than they are, shifted

pulled into a marriage of limited love and to remain in the region with limited life trajectories out of loyalty

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

It’s really about personal growth, knowing your own mind and holding convictions, demonstrating loyalty

an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting feelings surrounding coming home again, shifting

responsibility and risk; following gut feelings over worrying about propriety; the complications of choosing loyalty

The other plotline concerns Lurie, a man who has adventures and challenges with his surprising, loyal a deeper, quiet, surprisingly affecting story beneath the Western adventure, which is about trust, loyalty