The Stuff that Never Happened by Maddie Dawson (2)
Annabelle McKay enters a midlife crisis as her marriage begins to flounder, and when her pregnant daughter Sophie's health begins to fail, Annabelle travels to Manhattan to care for her.
Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde (4) (3) (5)
Pearl, only thirteen when she gives birth to her son, Leonard, and on the run for accidently killing his father, begins leaving the child with her neighbor Mitch while she is at work, and Mitch and Leonard are left to figure out how to approach the future when Pearl fails to return home from work one day.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley (5) took out
Ptolemy Grey, an elderly man, falls further into his solitary existence and dementia, when his grandnephew--his only real connection to the outside world--dies in a drive-by shooting; when Robyn, his niece's lodger, helps him with his motivation and introduces him to a doctor who is touting an experimental drug that may give Ptolemy a temporary burst of clarity and energy, Ptolemy thinks of a way to leave a memorable legacy of himself.
Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (4) (5)
Seventy-year-old Margaret Hughes is tired of living alone in her Seattle mansion, so she welcomes Wanda Schultz, a young woman suffering a broken heart, into her home, and the two form an unlikely friendship.
The Memoir Club by Laura Kalpakian (3)
Six women, all veterans of an extension night class in memoir writing, form a club dedicated to writing in order to breach the barriers of their pasts, and in the process make surprising discoveries that open the way to brighter futures.
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