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Trespasses
Louise Kennedy
★★★★· Published 2022· 303 pages· read 2022
Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a young teacher and an older married man. Kennedy writes tension you can feel in your chest. Excellent.
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The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman
A lighthouse keeper and his wife keep a baby that washes ashore — and it wrecks everyone. Cried.
★ 5In Memoriam
Alice Winn
A devastating and gorgeous WWI story about two teenage boys who fall in love in the trenches. It will wreck you. If you finished Shuggie Bain, Demon Copperhead, and/or The Heart’s Invisible Furies, and wanted more, this one’s for you.
★ 5Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
The story behind the death of Shakespeare's son, centered on his wife. Luminous. I cried.