Loved and Missed
Susie Boyt
A grandmother takes in her granddaughter when her own daughter's addiction makes things impossible. Quietly devastating and so wise about the limits of love. Cried, naturally.
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★ 5Cherry
Nico Walker
An army medic comes home to opioid addiction and bank robbery. Raw, propulsive, and unnervingly close to the author's own life.
★ 5Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Kate Atkinson
Ursula Todd dies and is reborn again and again across the 20th century. Ingenious, and I couldn't stop.
★ 5Matrix
Lauren Groff
Matrix is a mostly fictional novel about a real person: Marie de France, an orphaned poet and member of the twelfth century royal court who is banished to a nunnery. She’s an incredible protagonist: clever, ambitious, and fiercely independent. Anyone who fell in love with Circe’s dynamism will be captivated by Matrix.