Unlikely 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.
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★ 5Rabbit 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.
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.