The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that opens with a fourteen-year-old girl describing her own murder. Alice Sebold did s...
Beverly Ashford • 13 Mar 2026 • 3 min
Tag: Literary Fiction
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Bel Canto – Ann Patchett: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that makes you fall in love with people who should be enemies. Ann Patchett wrote a no...
Beverly Ashford • 13 Mar 2026 • 2 min
Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that felt like science fiction until it didn't. Emily St. John Mandel wrote Station El...
Beverly Ashford • 13 Mar 2026 • 2 min
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the novel that will make you cry on a Tuesday afternoon and then think about it for the rest of th...
Beverly Ashford • 13 Mar 2026 • 2 min
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that will make you feel guilty for things you did not even do. Khaled Hosseini publish...
Beverly Ashford • 13 Mar 2026 • 2 min
Room – Emma Donoghue: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that made a prison cell feel like home—and then made you understand why leaving is just a...
Beverly Ashford • 12 Mar 2026 • 3 min
The Color Purple – Alice Walker: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that changed what American literature could be. Alice Walker wrote a novel in letters—...
Beverly Ashford • 12 Mar 2026 • 3 min
Life of Pi – Yann Martel: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that makes you question what's real—and whether that's the right question. Yann Martel...
Beverly Ashford • 12 Mar 2026 • 2 min
Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book Kurt Vonnegut spent twenty-three years trying to write. Vonnegut was a prisoner of war...
Beverly Ashford • 12 Mar 2026 • 2 min
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that made people cry about video games. Gabrielle Zevin wrote a novel about two game d...
Beverly Ashford • 11 Mar 2026 • 3 min
The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that won every prize and still got called a fraud. Donna Tartt spent eleven years writ...
Beverly Ashford • 11 Mar 2026 • 3 min
Normal People – Sally Rooney: Book Summary
Let me tell you about the book that made people feel understood and exposed at the same time. Sally Rooney wrote a no...
Beverly Ashford • 11 Mar 2026 • 2 min