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Cinema
Fireflies in the Garden- Successful writer Michael (Ryan Reynolds) returns home, with great reluctance, for his mother’s college graduation. Her warmth and compassion were bright spots in Michael’s otherwise tumultuous childhood …
Redwood Highway- Prickly Marie has reluctantly settled into comfortable isolation in a retirement community, content to live a life of cantankerous indifference. Then her soon-to-be-wed granddaughter leaves a voice-mail message …
Fiction
Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A Novel- Ernest Young, a mixed-race, bastard child in the early 1900s, travels alone on a freighter from China to the United States, sent by his mother …
The Housekeeper and the Professor- Translated from Japanese, so elegant and spare that it’s quite remarkable, this novella should not be missed. Neither main character is ever named. …
Nonfiction
Calypso- After a five-year hiatus, humorist and essayist David Sedaris returns to the bestseller list in his signature style, ruminating about family and aging (he’s 62). …
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss- After heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, the “poor little rich girl” of the infamous 1940s’ child custody battle, has a life-threatening illness at 91, her son Anderson Cooper …
Children’s Books
A Gift from Abuela- The day Niña is born is one of the happiest of Abuela’s life. She adores having a granddaughter. As Niña grows, the pair spends much time together …
The Orphan Boy- This Maasai tale from Africa is about a magical secret that will be ruined if found out—and the consuming curiosity to discover it anyway. …