Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado. This week, the staff from The Bookies Bookstore in Denver recommends a novel wedding, a music memoir and a story of the Vietnam war through the eyes of the women.
Three Days in June
By Anne TylerKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group$27February 2025Purchase
From the publisher: Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit.
But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.
From Marilyn Robbins, children’s book buyer and programs manager: I still get giddy whenever I lay my hands on a new Anne Tyler novel. I feel I grew into my adult self with Anne’s novels leading the way. And “Three Days in June” is Anne Tyler at her finest. Characters that are so true to life, situations with our adult children that are hard to parent through, and ex-husbands that make us realize why we separated—but also why we love them. Bravo, Anne!
The Harder I Fight the More I Love You
By Neko CaseGrand Central Publishing$30Release dateJanuary 2025
From the publisher: Neko Case has long been revered as one of music’s most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans. In “The Harder I Fight the More I Love You,” Case brings her trademark candor and precision to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible girl “raised by two dogs and a space heater” in rural Washington state to her improbable emergence as an internationally acclaimed talent.
In luminous, sharp-edged prose, Case shows readers what it’s like to be left alone for hours and hours as a child, to take refuge in the woods around her home, and to channel the monotony and loneliness and joy that comes from music, camaraderie, and shared experience into art. This book is a rebellious meditation on identity and corruption, and a manifesto on how to make space for ourselves in this world, despite the obstacles we face.
From Bess Maher, event liaison: You know how sometimes you open a book, start reading, and kind of sigh into it? That’s what happened for me with Neko Case’s poignant memoir. I knew from the first chapter that her story would include all the sadness, joy, and magic of life and she would tell it masterfully. Highly recommended!
The Women
By Kristin HannahSt. Martin’s Press$30February 2024Purchase
From the publisher: Women can be heroes. When 20-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost. But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.
From Bess Maher, event liaison: “The Women” was on so many year-end lists, not just by major publications but by my friends too, that I needed to pick it up. The novel’s biggest strength is the journey of its main character, Frankie McGrath, from a naive teenager to a confident and wise woman. Kristin Hannah is not easy on Frankie, but then war and addiction are not easy on any of us, and that’s what makes the novel feel so real.
THIS WEEK’S BOOK RECS COME FROM:
The Bookies Bookstore2085 S. Holly StreetDenver, CO 80222
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