The River Why by David James Duncan

This is one of those rare perfect books that I will want to keep forever to loan out to friends in need of enlightenment or encouragement. It has everything: a good storyline; characters that are real, complex and that you would want to meet in real life; it’s funny; it talks about the Northwest [...]

The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan

The relationships and characters of the story seem so real, probably because Tan was experiencing some similar circumstances while writing it…