Category: books
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The Ending of Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone is a literary fiction of three generations by Jacqueline Woodson. Sixteen-year-old Melody is celebrating her coming-of-age party when the novel begins. It is a traditional event that honors the family’s African American roots. She thinks about the choices that her parents and grandparents made and how that has shaped her identity…
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How Truly Madly Guilty Ends
Truly Madly Guilty is a fiction novel by Liane Moriarty that tells the story of three couples. The story revolves around the lives of three couples who attend a barbecue that goes terribly wrong, and the aftermath that follows. Moriarty shows how each couple copes, and how their relationship changes. The three women in the…
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The Ending of What Alice Forgot
What Alice Forgot is a contemporary fiction novel by Liane Moriaty. Alice is a thirty-nine mother of three who is going through a divorce, but when she falls off her bike during spin class, she doesn’t remember any of this. She thinks it is 1998, ten years earlier, when she was pregnant with her first…
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The Ending of The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind is a book of excitement and intrigue by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It is the first book in the Cemetery of Forgotten series, set in Barcelona in the post-war 1940s. Daniel lives alone with his father after his mother passes away when he is 4. The two are close and on…
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The Ending of Next Year in Havana
Next Year in Havana is a historical fiction by Chanel Cleeton, and also a romance novel. The book tells the story of two women, a granddaughter, Marisol, and a grandmother, Elisa, separated by decades. On a trip to Cuba, to say goodbye to her grandmother, Marisol learns about the history of Cuba and her grandmother’s…
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The Ending of Fleishman is in Trouble
Fleishman Is In Trouble is a literary fiction novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. The Fleishman family is made of four people: dad Toby, mom Rachel, children Hannah (11), and Solly (9). Rachel is a business owner and Toby is a 41-year-old hepatologist. After being together for 15 years, they are going through a messy divorce. Their…
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The Ending of Bedlam Stacks
The Bedlam Stacks is a historical fiction by Natasha Pulley that has elements of magic and magical realism. Set in the nineteenth century, the story features a quest to Peru to find a rare tree that is supposed to have magical properties. Along the way, the characters meet many magical and mythical creatures, and they…
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The Ending of Ask Again, Yes
Ask Again, Yes is a novel by Mary Beth Keane which explores the complicated relationships between two generations in two families.
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The Ending of When You Reach Me
When You Reach Me is a Newbery Medal winning young adult book by Rebecca Stead. Set in New York City in the 1970s, Stead tells the story of Miranda, a twelve-year-old girl who mysteriously receives instructions to write a letter and give it to someone. She doesn’t know what she needs to write or for…
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The Ending of Notes From A Black Chef
Notes From a Young Black Chef is a memoir by Kwame Onwuachi, written with Joshua David Stein. It begins with Chef Onwuachi at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC. He takes a moment to reflect on the building and the history it contains. He’s been hired to feed 47 people…