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“It was an artifact of love. Well—of a hopeless, doomed, selfish, ridiculous love, but what other kind had ever existed?” Author: Rebecca Makkai The opening chapter of The Great Believers is a beautiful, chilling foretaste of the epic story that awaits in Rebecca Makkai’s new novel. It’s autumn 1985, Chicago. Yale Tishman and his partner, Charlie, are at a party to honor the life of Nico, the first in their close-knit circle to die of AIDS. Nico’s family has announced that his friends are not welcome at the funeral, so Richard has gathered everyone at his Lincoln Park house to [...]

Crazed Killers and Cozy Cats Author: Sofie Ryan Returning to the charming world of antiques, cozy shops, Maine waterfronts, clever kitties, and lifelong friendship, Buy a Whisker continues the Second Chance Cat mysteries. Sarah, owner of an antique store where they refurbish and redesign unwanted furniture to make it beautiful again, is still relaxing from solving her previous murder. Along with her rescue cat, a battle hardened feral cat named Elvis who has a yen for mystery solving, she is following the progression of a huge town debate – the powers that be want to transform their cozy little town into a [...]

The Flip-side of Hate is Love Author: Jesmyn Ward Present day ghosts and the madness of a disorganized, racially indistinct family claw at thirteen year-old Jojo as he takes his toddler sister and follows his meth addicted black mother on a road trip to reclaim his absentee white father from prison in Sing, Unburied, Sing. With the love of two devoted grandparents, Mam and Pop, Jojo has grown into nearly a man, receiving the love his strung out, self-obsessed mother cannot give him. Yet here he is now, stuffed into a hot car, filled with arguments and the smell of [...]