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The Wife
Meg Wolitzer
★★★★· Published 2003· 233 pages· read 2018
A woman flying to Finland to leave her celebrated novelist husband, and the secret behind his success. Wolitzer is so sharp about marriage and ambition.
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I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
Narrated by 17-year-old Cassandra, writing from the crumbling castle her eccentric, broke family calls home. One of the most charming coming-of-age novels there is.
Amy and Isabelle
Elizabeth Strout
Strout's first novel, about a mother and teenage daughter in a Maine mill town and the affair that cracks them open. You can already see how good she is.
Empire Falls
Richard Russo
A decent man running a diner in a dying Maine mill town, hemmed in by everyone's expectations. Russo's warmth and wit carry it.