Read Olive Kitteridge before you read Olive Again. In Olive Again we follow Olive in her later years and find out even more about her life through the people in her hometown. It is as profound, funny, sad as Olive Kitteridge – it will not disappoint.

Noah, retired professor, reluctantly “inherits” his great nephew, Michael. Noah, again reluctantly, brings Michael on a trip to France. The two battle a huge generational divide and come out a little scarred but changed forever. It’s a brilliant, funny, wise look at how much we all have to learn about life and living – regardless […]

“The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. As the novel opens, Helen has been […]

This is a hilarious romp through Toby Fleishman’s life after his wife Rachel leaves him. Just as he’s getting used to his new singleness, fending off the women who are happy to hook up with him despite his short stature, Rachel leaves the children with him for a weekend and doesn’t come back. Toby is […]

This is the story of septuagenarian, Noah, and thirteen year old, Michael who are stuck with each other for the foreseeable future. This forced relationship is portrayed with all of Donoghue’s signature wit, wisdom and creativity. I loved watching their uneasy truce-like friendship unfold as Noah finds out that perhaps it is possible to teach […]