Rabbit Cake
Annie Hartnett
Narrated by a grief-stricken, wonderfully odd little girl after her mother drowns sleepwalking. Funny and sad in the same breath, and Hartnett never puts a foot wrong.
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★ 5Unlikely Animals
Annie Hartnett
A young woman comes home to care for her dying father, narrated by the town's cemetery dead. Odd, tender, and full of heart.
The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett
An 80-year-old sets off across the country to win back his high school crush, then gets saddled with two orphaned grandkids and a cat who can predict death. Darkly funny and big-hearted at once.
★ 5Whistler
Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett is one of my favorite authors for a reason; I couldn't put this down.
★ 5Heart the Lover
Lily King
A college love triangle from the '80s reignites decades later when crisis pulls the three back together. Turns out it's Casey from Writers & Lovers all grown up, and King just keeps getting better.
★ 5Clock Dance
Anne Tyler
A woman who's spent her life being useful to others suddenly drops into a family of strangers who need her. One of Tyler's most tender.