Books like The Boston Girl
12 books with a reading profile close to The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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1
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
narrative, accessible
Set on the Korean island of Jeju, this novel follows the lifelong friendship between Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls who join a collective of haenyeo female divers.
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Fresh Water for Flowers
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Violette Toussaint is the caretaker of a cemetery in Burgundy, where she lives in a lodge by the gate.
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3
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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4
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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5
Redhead by the Side of the Road
by Anne Tyler
narrative, accessible
Micah Mortimer is a fortyish self-employed tech specialist who functions through a rigid schedule and an obsession with household order.
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6
Two Boys Kissing
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Harry and Craig, two former boyfriends, attempt to set a new world record for the longest continuous kiss.
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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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The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Anthony Peardew is an elderly writer who has spent decades collecting lost objects, such as a glove, a key and a child's toy, which he keeps at home with notes about where he found them.
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9
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Billie Jo Kelby lives on a struggling Oklahoma wheat farm during the Great Depression.
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10
The Secret Life of Bees
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Set in 1964 South Carolina, the story follows fourteen-year-old Lily Owens, who flees her abusive father and the memory of her mother’s accidental death.
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11
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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12
Fourteen Days
by Margaret Atwood, Douglas Preston
narrative, accessible
Set in a Lower East Side tenement during the early lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, this collaborative novel follows a group of neighbors who gather on their rooftop to exchange stories.
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