I enjoyed Five Feet Apart and found it a fairly realistic view of how teens and families might deal with cystic fibrosis.
Fiction
4 Daisy Jones & The Six is a very captivating book. It’s written in an interview style with the author going chronologically through the story, but telling it in each character’s own words.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Robinson Crusoe's boat is shipwrecked and he is the lone survivor on an island. As the days turn into years, he realizes that his chance for rescue is very slim and he focuses on creating a life for himself on the island.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
“A ballpark at night is more like a church than a church.” Baseball fans have watched the movie Field of Dreams, but I don’t know if many of them have read the book the movie is based on – Shoeless Joe. The movie follows the book very closely. “If you […]
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
“As much as I have schemed and planned to the contrary, the most central experiences of my life have all been accidents.” Christine’s heart is broken when her fiancé calls off their wedding a few days before it’s supposed to happen. To try and get her mind off her heart, […]
The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans
3 Secrets have a way of coming out. For one family in Tennessee, the family secret runs deep. Aiken is back home to help her family take care of her father, who has cancer, and to be seen so she can possibly run for the Senate seat he holds when he’s no longer able to serve. She discovers her family might be tied to a scandal in Before We Were Yours.
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Britt-Marie Was Here is a funny, yet deep, book about a woman finally listening to her own heart and learning that there is still life left to be lived.
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
The themes of love and loss, mother/daughter relationships and learning to live a full life are all found in The Secret We Lost.
The Secret We Lost by Linda Smolkin
In No Ocean Too Wide, Laura sets out on a journey to find her siblings and bring them back home to their mother, who has recovered from her illness.
No Ocean Too Wide by Carrie Turansky
An Empty Nest is a short, thoughtful read about dealing with loss and finding the strength to find a new way ahead in life.