The Family Upstairs
Libby Jones inherits a Chelsea mansion and a past tied to a cult house, two runaways, and a baby left waiting.
3,300-word summary · 15 min read
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Sarah's Key
In 1942 Paris Sarah locks her brother to save him, then vanishes. Sixty years later journalist Julia traces her, exposing family guilt and silence.
2,591-word summary · 12 min read
Part of Your World
ER doctor Alexis Montgomery falls for carpenter Daniel Grant in Wakan while her surgeon family presses duty.
3,078-word summary · 14 min read
Orphan Train
Foster teen Molly helps 91-year-old Vivian clear her attic and uncovers a hidden orphan-train childhood.
2,488-word summary · 11 min read
Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine guests enter Tranquillum House for ten days while director Masha hides smoothies and motives.
2,313-word summary · 10 min read
Marley & Me
A young couple learns marriage, parenthood, and goodbye through thirteen years with Marley, their wild and loving Labrador.
2,167-word summary · 10 min read
Just for the Summer
Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.
3,090-word summary · 14 min read
Hillbilly Elegy
Vance traces Mamaw and Papaw from Kentucky to Middletown through addiction, Marines, and Yale Law.
3,390-word summary · 15 min read
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Nine year old Oskar searches New York for a lock matching his father's key after 9/11.
2,999-word summary · 13 min read
Crying in H Mart
Japanese Breakfast singer Michelle Zauner remembers her Korean mother through food, grief, and growing up in Oregon.
2,337-word summary · 10 min read
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
In a Tokyo cafe where guests can revisit the past until their coffee cools, four visitors seek words left unsaid with lovers and kin.
2,233-word summary · 10 min read
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Francie Nolan grows up poor in 1910s Williamsburg, reading on fire escapes while her family scrapes by, and learns how schooling can lift her out.
2,485-word summary · 11 min read