Flashlight
Susan Choi
A ten-year-old girl survives a drowning on a breakwater; her father vanishes, leaving only questions and the wreckage of a family already fractured by exile and secrets. Choi traces how loss ripples through generations of people running from their pasts.
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Trust Exercise
Susan Choi
Teenagers at a performing arts school — and then a twist that makes you rethink everything you just read. Slippery and brilliant.
Trust Exercise
Susan Choi
High school theater kids, a love affair, and then a second section that pulls the rug out. A slippery, smart novel about who owns a story.
★ 5The Correspondent
Virginia Evans
The protagonist of this beautiful novel is a 73-year-old woman processing her life — and regrets — through letters. It’s poignant but not saccharine, specific but universally appealing. I dare you not to cry.