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What do readers say about What Are You Going Through?
clean and unpretentious death, companionship, and life toe-dancing in clogs barely possesses a plotNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY NPR, PEOPLE, AND O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE
A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF 2020
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
"As good as The Friend, if not better." -The New York Times... Read more about What Are You Going Through
I went to hear a man give a talk. The event was held on a college campus. The man was a professor, but he taught at a different school, in another part of the country. He was a well-known author, who,...
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What do readers say about Timbuktu?
very thought provoking book of the month simple and accesible prose an extended novellaMr. Bones, the heroic dog of Paul Auster's astonishing book, is the sidekick and confidant of Willy G. Christmas, a brilliant and troubled homeless man from Brooklyn. As Willy's body slowly expires, he sets off with Mr. Bones for Baltimore in search ... Read more about Timbuktu
MR. BONES KNEW THAT WILLY WASN’T long for this world. The cough had been inside him for over six months, and by now there wasn’t a chance in hell that he would ever get rid of it. Slowly and inexorabl...
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What do readers say about Benediction?
third person narrative spare and powerful simple and profound simple but profound proseA Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year
From the beloved and best-selling author of Plainsong and Eventide comes a story of life and death, and the ties that bind, once again set out on the High Plains in Holt, Colorado.
When Dad Lewis is diagnosed w... Read more about Benediction
WHEN THE TEST came back the nurse called them into the examination room and when the doctor entered the room he just looked at them and asked them to sit down. They could tell by the look on his face ...
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What do readers say about Spill Simmer Falter Wither?
lyrical in its prose engaging and brilliant writing sad and depressing slice of life novelWinner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature * Winner of the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year Award * Short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award * Long-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize * Long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award 2... Read more about Spill Simmer Falter Wither
You’re Sellotaped to the inside pane of the jumble shop window. A photograph of your mangled face and underneath an appeal for a COMPASSIONATE & TOLERANT OWNER. A PERSON WITHOUT OTHER PETS & WITHOUT C...
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What do readers say about A Grief Observed?
honest and heartfelt heart-wrenching and insightful a personal diary a deceivingly small bookA classic work on grief, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments," A Grief Obse... Read more about A Grief Observed
At other times it feels like being mildly drunk, or concussed. There is a sort of invisible blanket between the world and me. I find it hard to take in what anyone says. Or perhaps, hard to want to ta...
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What do readers say about Outline?
stories within a story excellent and engaging very readable, flowing style a collection of monologuesA Finalist for the Folio Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
One of The New York Times' Top Ten Books of the Year. Named a A New York Times Book Review Notable Book and a Best Book of th... Read more about Outline
Before the flight I was invited for lunch at a London club with a billionaire I’d been promised had liberal credentials. He talked in his open-necked shirt about the new software he was developing, th...
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What do readers say about The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break?
life on the fringes epic prose poem unusual and poetic original and amusingFive thousand years out of the Labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, the Minotaur is a socially inept, lonely creature wi... Read more about The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
The Minotaur sits on an empty pickle bucket blowing smoke through bullish nostrils. He sits near the dumpster on the dock of the kitchen at Grub’s Rib smoking and watching JoeJoe, the dishwasher, danc...
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What do readers say about Marley and Me?
sad and happy feelings full of heart and humor the life of a dog funny, shocking, touching, sadThe heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.
Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogan... Read more about Marley and Me
Why we were doing this, I wasn’t quite sure. A few weeks earlier I had awoken just after dawn to find the bed beside me empty. I got up and found Jenny sitting in her bathrobe at the glass table on th...
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What do readers say about An Unnecessary Woman?
brilliant, sharp and intimate loneliness and connection pretentious and dull my own processFinalist for the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction
One of the Middle East's most celebrated voices, Rabih Alameddine follows his bestseller, The Hakawati, with a heartrending novel that celebrates the singular life of an obsessive introvert, revea... Read more about An Unnecessary Woman
First, you should know this about me: I have but one mirror in my home, a smudged one at that. I’m a conscientious cleaner, you might even say compulsive—the sink is immaculately white, its bronze fau...
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What do readers say about Dog Heaven?
simple pictures and language good for all ages very christian focused lost a petA comforting and playful exploration of a beloved dog's journey after a happy life on Earth.
In Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant's classic bestseller, the author comforts readers young and old who have lost a dog, as she did for cats in the bestsell... Read more about Dog Heaven
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