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“The perfect pick to really light a fire under my book club, and yours….A reminder that goodness, and books, can still win in this world.” \u2014New York Times Book Review<\/p>\n

“A beautiful, big-hearted treasure\u00a0of a novel.” \u2014Lily King<\/p>\n

National Bestseller * From the award-winning author of\u00a0The One-in-a-Million Boy\u00a0comes a heartfelt, uplifting novel about a chance encounter at a bookstore, exploring redemption, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing power of sharing stories. <\/p>\n

Our Reasons meet us in the morning and whisper to us at night. Mine is an innocent, unsuspecting, eternally sixty-one-year-old woman named Lorraine Daigle\u2026<\/p>\n

Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher.<\/p>\n

Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest.<\/p>\n

Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn\u2019t yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed.<\/p>\n

When the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland\u2014Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison book club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women who remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman\u2014their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways.<\/p>\n

How to Read a Book\u00a0is an unsparingly honest and profoundly hopeful story about letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and the power of books to change our lives. With the heart, wit, grace, and depth of understanding that has characterized her work, Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“A deeply humane and touching novel; highly recommended for book clubs and fans of Shelby Van Pelt’s\u00a0Remarkably Bright Creatures.”\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Booklist<\/p>\n


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ASIN \u200f : \u200e B0BDD191Q2
Publisher \u200f : \u200e Mariner Books (May 7, 2024)
Publication date \u200f : \u200e May 7, 2024
Language \u200f : \u200e English
File size \u200f : \u200e 5736 KB
Text-to-Speech \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Screen Reader \u200f : \u200e Supported
Enhanced typesetting \u200f : \u200e Enabled
X-Ray \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Word Wise \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Print length \u200f : \u200e 283 pages <\/p>\n

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