CLAIMING LOVE AMID CHAOS – FICTION
Jane Hamilton’s The Phoebe Variations: A Novel is a coming-of-age story about girls, mothers, and finding one’s way in the world. On the verge of graduation, Phoebe meets her birth family for the first time – and runs away. With her best friend Luna in tow, she makes an escape to their friend Patrick’s chaotic household, and she begins navigating the tumultuous road out of girlhood. Lily King’s Heart the Lover: A Novel is an intimate story of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love. In college, Jordan is drawn into the intoxicating world of best friends Sam and Yash, only to find herself at the center of a fragile triangle. Decades later, a surprise visit and unexpected news force her to confront the choices and deceptions of her youth. Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, Shelley Read’s debut novel, Go as a River, follows Victoria Nash, the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men, and Wilson Moon, a young drifter with a mysterious past. It’s a story of love in the face of hardship and loss, and finding courage where least expected.
Buy The Phoebe Variations: A Novel – Hamilton
Buy Heart the Lover: A Novel – King
Buy Go as a River: A Novel – Read
