Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

Our Father Who Art in a Tree: A Novel

by Judy Pascoe

Judy Pascoe’s metaphorical, deeply affecting debut novel is about a family, and how loss and grief can be moved through and overcome. In a voice reminiscent of that of Scout Finch, the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird , Judy Pascoe’s heroine, Simone, observes with candor and fresh insight the ways in which her mother, brothers, neighbors, and community deal with the death of her father. While her mother... (more)

The Living End

by Lisa Samson

One Last Goodbye. One Last Adventure. Pearly Laurel is devastated by the death of her beloved husband of thirty-five years. The two had always said they couldn’t live without one another, and Pearly has no desire to even try. Then, in the midst of her grief, Pearly finds a tattered list in Joey’s pocket, entitled, “While I Live, I Want to….” His ultimate to-do list sends her off on a mission to accomplish... (more)

Night of the Radishes: A Novel

by Sandra Benitez

Annie Rush has it all. A loving husband, adoring sons, an interesting job. But tragedy haunts her. Her identical twin sister died in a horrifying farm accident when the girls were nine years old, and in the wake of the grief and guilt that followed, her older brother left home for good. The death of her mother prompts Annie to seek her brother and revisit her long-lost past. Her search takes her to Oaxaca, where... (more)