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Ms. Lahiri‘s stories center on the experiences of Indian-American immigrants, divided between West Bengal and New England, with a common theme of yearning, out of homesickness amidst “foreignness,” or for an object of which the characters are often not entirely sure of. The last story, “The Third and Final Continent” is a favorite: inspired by the author‘s own father and his journeys to strange lands, grappling with a recent arranged marriage.

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This book was a combination of 9 short stories. I was hooked from the very first one 🥹 Although some were definitely slower and others I wish had an extra 20 pages 🤣 it was a easy to follow and enjoy the stories as you go ❤️

This is a collection of interconnected short stories taking place during a black out in New York City. These stories contain all kinds of love found during time of crisis.

4.5 ⭐️ This one was such a great short quick read. It had a great ending. I liked the lgbtqia representation. I didn‘t like the main couple very much. I wanted more of the other couples.

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Relationships are at the center of all stories: child and parent, husband and wife. Other themes are displacement through immigration and how the generations cope differently with their longing for the other country. I love Madeleine Thien‘s writing style, the way she crafts characters and leads us into their world is masterfully done. It makes me want to read everything she ever wrote. Definitely a pick.

What‘s your favorite collection of short stories and or essays? Welcome to the Monkey House is one of my favorites. Which would you recommend?

(2020) It's a collection of five stories set in and around the Rwandan genocide. It's a gut-wrenching theme, Mukasonga's prose is graceful and restrained, and the stories will break your heart. The last story, “Grief,“ centered on a woman who attends funerals of strangers in search of comfort for the unobserved deaths of her own family, broke mine. This is what stories are for, so much that I found it hard to take more than one or two at a time

I feel too much I think. I'm easily shamed; easily hurt. So I go nuclear quickly in confrontations. I do know better. I'm learning not to resist; to let it go. William Trevor is my soundtrack. He sees the things that move me. He sounds like my own thoughts. Although his plots can be unnerving, his understanding of his characters is comforting. There won't be a happy ending, but there will be an ending. And I will understand.

3 favs: Lady Bird, Selma, The Black Panther

Lisa Schneidau is an ecologist, conservationist and storyteller, knowledge and passion that she combines in these faithful retellings of British and Irish folktales.
Each story has a short introduction in which Lisa gives some ecological, historical and/or folkloric details, and she chooses a reasonable geographic spread of stories from across the Isles. I liked her inclusion of a couple of Romany stories, Appy and the Eel being one of the ⬇️