![]() In order to win the inheritance, they must solve the mystery of his death. There, they learn that they have been named as potential heirs in Westing’s will. ![]() Shortly after the residents move in, Sam Westing dies and the residents of Sunset Towers are called to a meeting. The new residents have little in common and keep to themselves as they deal with the various stresses of their lives. And thank you for your kind support in sharing this newsletter with more readers.Sixteen people are recruited to live in Sunset Towers, a new apartment building adjacent to the estate of the elderly millionaire Sam Westing. Thank you for reading and let me know what you are reading, listening to, or visiting these days. īonus fact : The author went to Penn and the book includes a Penn mention early on.Ĭurrently reading : The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (buy here ). Sequel to : A Visit From The Goon Squad, originally featured in my I Heart New York issue (33) and more recently in Pulitzer Prize Winners. Of course, I also enjoyed the myriad music related details and plot lines, including that gold record awards cannot be played! ( Link to buy). I love the storytelling mechanism, the web of related characters, and how we get to know each character’s perspective differently in a short number of pages. What if it’s not as good? I wasn't disappointed. My take : As a Goon Squad fan, I was both thrilled and terrified to crack this book open. The story mechanism is analog to that in a Visit from the Goon Squad, but reading them in order is not required. A series of loosely related characters through time and space grapple with the technology's implications and their part in it. Previously featured in issue 51 on The Future is Coming.ĭescription: Egan imagines a world in which everyone can upload their memories and in exchange can access everyone else's memories. īonus fact: I listened to both books as performed by Jayne Entwistle and can only recommend the audio versions. Sequel to : The War That Saved My Life, in which Ada and Jamie leave London into an unknown world with new experiences, words, and lots of pets from horses (Ada’s favorites) to cats (Jamie’s). My Take : Like its predecessor, this children’s book addresses the serious topics of war, mental health, abandonment, anxiety, discrimination, and ableism, but mixes in love, found family, and the best of the human spirit in kindness and determination. They become official wards of Susan, but Ada struggles to let go about her engrained beliefs about her disabled foot and fully accept the love of her new family members, while also comprehending the presence of the young Jewish German staying with them. Many of Strout’s books are related and fans of Olive Kitteridge will discover an Easter Egg or two in this latest novel too.ĭescription: Ada and her brother Jamie are evacuees living in the English countryside during World War II. Sequel to : Oh, William, a book about Lucy helping her ex-husband through the unexpected discovery of an elder sister. Thanks to Vera for lending this to me (after I gifted it to her as a Christmas present). It’s about relationships with a new neighbor, with a kind and lonely Trump-voting volunteer, and with family. But it is much more than a pandemic story. My take : It is fascinating to read a book set in lock-down and the pacing of this novel, mostly slow with some Everest-level peaks of suspense, do that pandemic feeling justice. Description : Lucy’s ex-husband and scientist William calls her to pack her bags to leave New York City as the COVID pandemic starts to take shape, moving them into a cottage in coastal Maine, where Lucy confronts her inner thoughts, her relationships with her daughters and William, and new friendships.
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