Realistic Fiction

Try these books if you're looking for:

• realistic stories from everyday life
• focus on characters and relationships
• Read like The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and How to Be an American Housewife

The House I Loved 
By Tatiana de Rosnay
F ROSNAY
Determined to protect her historical family home from Emperor Napoleon's orders to renovate 1860s Paris, Rose Bazelet establishes a defense in the basement of her house on rue Childebert and records her experiences in letters to her late husband. Also available as a downloadable eAudiobook.

The Language Inside 
By Holly Thompson
YA F THOMPSON
Raised in Japan, American-born tenth-grader Emma is disconcerted by a move to Massachusetts for her mother's breast cancer treatment, because half of Emma's heart remains with her friends recovering from the tsunami.

I'll Be Seeing You 
By Suzanne Hayes
F HAYES
With their husbands away fighting in the war in January 1943, Rita Vincenzo and Glory Whitehall have only their cross-country correspondence to keep them going.

Gilead 
By Marilynne Robinson
F ROBINSON
As the Reverend John Ames approaches death, he writes a letter to his son revealing uncomfortable family secrets. Also available as a downloadable eAudiobook.