Cassandra at the Wedding
Dorothy Baker
A wry, fragile Berkeley grad student goes home to the family ranch to stop her twin sister, the person she loves most, from getting married
Both: Mental health
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Sorrow and Bliss
Meg Mason
Martha's husband leaves on her fortieth birthday, and she looks back on her London life, her chaotic family and what has been wrong since she was seventeen
- Literary fiction
- Funny
- Heartbreaking
- Mental health
- Marriage
- Steady
- Medium read
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Something that will make me cry, but in a good way?
Martha's life keeps falling apart and it's somehow very funny. You'll cry, laugh, and close it hopeful.
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