Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton
A woman finds a newborn hare and, against the odds, ends up raising it. Gentle, patient, unexpectedly moving nature writing.
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★ 5Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
A strange, beautiful novel about a man who lives alone in a labyrinthine house filled with statues and tidal halls… and slowly comes to realize he doesn’t know who he is or how he got there. It’s unlike anything else, and somehow both deeply weird and deeply moving.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden
Belle and her seemingly perfect family flee COVID to their gorgeous Martha’s Vineyard home. Abruptly, her husband of two decades tells her he’s no longer in love and leaves. I first mentioned this book in January, and since then, multiple friends have told me they finished it in one session.
★ 5The Tender Bar: A Memoir
J.R. Moehringer
Moehringer grew up fatherless, raised in part by the men at his uncle's bar. A warm, beautifully written memoir about the people who make you.