Tag: Literary Fiction

This is an audio book read/performed by Tom Hanks, I could listen to Tom Hanks read the dictionary; wonderfully done! The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, published in 2019, is a sweeping multi-generational drama that was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.  Synopsis The novel follows Danny and Maeve Conroy, two siblings who…

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, the story follows a boy born to a teenage single mother in a single-wide trailer. With nothing to his name but his late father’s good looks, copper-colored hair, and a sharp tongue, he navigates the modern perils of the American foster care system, crumbling schools, and the predatory…