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Man at the Helm
Nina Stibbe
★★★★· Published 2014· 313 pages
A comic novel about two kids scheming to find their newly-divorced mother a husband. Wickedly funny.
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One Day I Shall Astonish the World
Nina Stibbe
A tender, funny novel about a long female friendship and a woman quietly falling apart. Stibbe is so warm.
★ 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.
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
An older woman tells her daughters about the summer she spent performing alongside — and falling in love with — a now-famous actor. My friend Anna said her husband adored this book just as much as she did — impressive, considering he typically reads business non-fiction.