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The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman
★★★★· Published 2012· 362 pages
A lighthouse keeper and his wife keep a baby that washes ashore — and it wrecks everyone. Cried.
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★ 5Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
A coal merchant in small-town Ireland has to decide whether to look away. Tiny book, enormous moral weight. Cried, naturally.
Trespasses
Louise Kennedy
Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a young teacher and an older married man. Kennedy writes tension you can feel in your chest. Excellent.
The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
The AIDS crisis in 1980s Chicago, braided with a mother searching in present-day Paris. Devastating and unforgettable.