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FloridaBy Lauren Groff
Masterfully composed short stories filled with both the wonder and menace woven into the fabric of the natural world. Whether she is describing the "hellmouth" heat of a Florida summer, the persistent chill of the Normandy coast in August, or the life threatening ferocity of a tropical storm, Groff's prose is spot on. Her protagonists, mostly female, are lost, isolated, homeless (sometimes literally).and emotionally isolated. Often they are saved but what Groff believes is all we have going for us against the indifference of the natural world, human love however imperfect. Snakes abound.
~Joy H.
Virgil Wander By Leif Enger
A coming of age story for a late middle aged man facing his mortality in small town middle America on the northern lake region. Told with a voice that reads like Richard Russo giving life to Garrison Keillor characters, the novel invites you to care about quirky characters trying to make sense of their lives - the type of characters anyone from a small town knows and cares about already.
~William C.
Girls Burn Brighter By Shobha Rao
This has been one of my favorite books. It's a VERY heavy read and some of the parts are really disturbing... but it was quite powerful. The ending was a bit frustrating and I wished there were another 2-3 more chapters. Great book though!
~Jessica M.
Foreign Affairs
By Alison Lurie
I really enjoyed this book - a sophisticated comedy of manners that crosses the academic erudition of David Lodge with the social bite of Meg Wolitzer. Two English professors from the same department at the same upstate New York university wind up in England simultaneously. Although their direct contact throughout the novel is minimal, they keep bumping into each other in so many other ways.
~William C.
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