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Off Course
Michelle Huneven
★★★★· Published 2014· 287 pages
A woman holes up at her family's Sierra cabin to finish her dissertation and instead falls into a consuming affair. Huneven is so good on desire and self-sabotage.
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A pregnant girlfriend shows up on the Samuelsons' doorstep and reshapes a family for decades. Huneven does quiet domestic comedy and real grief better than almost anyone.
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Michelle Huneven
A church committee searching for a new minister, with recipes. Huneven makes small-group politics weirdly gripping and funny. Loved it.
Audition
Katie Kitamura
An actress, a young man who may or may not be her son, and two versions of reality that refuse to line up. Slippery and unsettling in the best way, and no surprise it made the Booker shortlist.