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Love Notes To Grievers

Love Notes To Grievers

Let go of expectations and timelines.

Book, Book Group Selection, Book Review, Farewell Library, Library, WisdomCaren MartineauJanuary 22, 2024Author, Memoir, Self Help, Family, Grief, Healing, Grief Workers, love, Loss, Non Fiction, Poetry, philosophy, Relationships, Essay, Teacher

The Invisible Hour

The Invisible Hour

Time travel, love, and scent of autumn.

Book Review, Farewell Library, Library, Book Group Selection, BookCaren MartineauOctober 25, 2023Fiction, Memoir, Cancer, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction

The Cancer Journals

The Cancer Journals

Challenging and relatable.

Library, Book Review, Book Group Selection, BookCaren MartineauApril 27, 2023Non Fiction, Memoir, Feminism, Essay, Queer, LGBTQ, Lesbian, Cancer, Medical Memoir, Black Culture, Black Feminism, Women's Health, Breast Cancer

Time is a Mother

Time is a Mother

Stunning and innovative

Library, Book Review, Book Group Selection, BookCaren MartineauApril 27, 2023Poetry, Contemporary, LGBT, Grief, Award Winning, Best Seller, NYTimes bestseller, Literary

The Immortalists

The Immortalists

You’ve been notified, now what?

Library, Book Review, Book Group Selection, BookCaren MartineauApril 27, 2023Novel, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Best Seller, Culture Change, Fantasy, Magical, Death, Grief, Family, Coming of Age, Fortune Teller

My Father's Wake

My Father's Wake

Where sorrow meets celebration

Book Review, Library, Wisdom, Book, Book Group SelectionCaren MartineauFebruary 23, 2023Non Fiction, Irish, History, Memoir, Dying, Wake, Mortality, Ancestral, Rituals, TED Talk

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Epic tale of hope and struggle.

Book, Book Group Selection, Book Review, Library, Wisdom, Farewell LibraryCaren MartineauFebruary 1, 2023Literary Fiction, African American, Southern Culture, Magical Realism