Books like Fresh Water for Flowers
12 books with a reading profile close to Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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THE NEST
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The Plumb siblings—Leo, Beatrice, Jack, and Melody—have spent years anticipating the distribution of a shared trust fund they call the Nest.
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The Vacationers
by Emma Straub
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The Post family embarks on their annual summer vacation to Mallorca, but behind the sun-drenched facade, simmering resentments and long-held secrets threaten to unravel their seemingly perfect lives.
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Sweetbitter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The story follows twenty-two-year-old Tess, who moves to New York City and secures a position as a backwaiter at a high-end Union Square restaurant.
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About a Boy
by Nick Hornby
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Will Freeman is a thirty-six-year-old Londoner living off the royalties of a Christmas song written by his father.
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fifteen-year-old Julia Reyes lives in a cramped Chicago apartment, navigating the high expectations of her immigrant parents while mourning her older sister, Olga.
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The Boston Girl
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The novel follows Addie Baum, the daughter of Jewish immigrants, as she recounts her life story to her granddaughter in 1985.
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Secret Daughter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
In a village in India, a young mother named Kavita gives birth to a girl and, knowing that her husband will not accept a daughter, secretly gives the baby away to an orphanage in Mumbai.
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Blue Sisters
by Coco Mellors
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky Blue are three estranged sisters who return to their family apartment in New York one year after the death of their fourth sibling, Nicky.
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E. Lockhart
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
At Alabaster Preparatory Academy, sophomore Frankie Landau-Banks discovers that her boyfriend belongs to the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound, an all-male secret society with deep historical roots.
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Elsewhere
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fifteen-year-old Liz Hall dies in a hit-and-run accident and wakes up on a ship heading to Elsewhere, a land where the dead age backward toward infancy.
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Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Rebecca Winter, a once-famous New York City photographer, finds her bank account dwindling and her artistic relevance fading as she enters her sixties.
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here
by Patrick Ness
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
In an unnamed town where "indie kids" are busy fighting supernatural soul-eating Immortals, Mikey Mitchell just wants to graduate and work up the courage to ask out his crush, Henna.
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