2022
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Other Possibilities:
2.
JoJo Moyes One Plus One
3.
Suzy--The Lincoln Highway Am or Towles
4.
Suzy---Going There Katie Curic
5.
Diane--Bookseller of Florence Michaela Carter
Jane Smith from a friend:
Two of my colleagues in the writing workshop just published their
books. One is Freeing Rapunzel, by Anne Witzgall - a very
interesting tale of growing up in West Germany post-WWII. I
never realized how difficult it was for the Germans to come
to terms with Hitler's loss. Her father was a Nazi but the
family lived and prospered in West Berlin. Both parents were
abusive but hid it well, and she moved to the US and is now
a life coach. https://www.amazon.com/Freeing-Rapunzel-Finding-Divided-Homeland/dp/1637772106/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UOZOAKZAUB94&keywords=anne+freeing+rapunzel&qid=1643864797&s=books&sprefix=anne+freeing+rapunzel%2Cstripbooks%2C112&sr=1-1#customerReviews
Another is a cancer memoir by Jean Richardson. It is currently
#16 in new releases in Cancer on Amazon. She is a Stage IV
ovarian cancer survivor who was also a USC professor and a
cancer researcher when she got diagnosed. Initially,
I thought the book would make me sad, but it was inspiring.
She claims the book is for those who are going through
treatment and their families but I thought it is a good read
for anyone. https://www.amazon.com/When-Nothing-Feels-Predictable-Through/dp/0578358921/ref=zg_bsnr_171141_16/146-4772176-3615658?pd_rd_i=0578358921&psc=1
2020
Suggestions from Diane Schyberg:
* the rosie project by graeme simsion. fairly light and
fun. i am reading the sequel now: the rosie effect.
both told from the perspective of a high-functioning
autistic man, who is trying so hard to fit in. fiction.
* lottery, by patricia wood. fiction. sometimes sad,
but mostly light and fun.
* can't wait to get to heaven by fannie flagg. loved
this sweet story and its characters. fiction.
* the snow goose. by paul gallico. short but beautiful
story. loved it. fiction, i think!
* moon over manifest by clare vanderpool. probably a
young adult book, but i liked it enough to listen to it
twice! fiction
* pay it forward by catherine ryan hyde. fiction.
very good. probably a young adult book also. there a
few of these in my favorites list.
2019
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
2018
NPR's list of the 2017 best books
When Everything Changed by Gail Collins
The Little French Bistro
by
Nina George
The Burgess Boys
by
Strout
Manhattan Beach
by
Jennifer Egan
Sarah’s Key
by
Tatiana de Rosnay
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarity
2017
PBS LIST OF SUMMER READS
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake. Anna
Quindlen
The Valley of the Gods, A Story of Silicon
Valley” by Alexandra Wolfe
2016
The 19th Wife: Ann Eliza Young
The Book Thief: Markus Zusak