Siblings at odds or working together
The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything by Kara Gnodde. Published in 2023 by Harper Paperbacks. NetGalley
Genre: romance, adult fiction
Serious minded math genius, Art, versus his sibling, the romantic Mimi. The siblings are united in the tragic loss of their parents, but Art is wary of Mimi's involvement with a new boyfriend, Frank, who happens to be a mathematician as well as a stargazer.
Which sibling will be right about Frank?
Description: A conman chase novel - two adult siblings forced to play nice with each other in hopes of tracking down the man they believe killed their mother and ran off with their sizable inheritance.
The two try to work together to get to the bottom of their mother's death and collect their inheritance.
Short stories
Praised for a poetic writing style, Helen Stancey first published The Madonna of the Pool, her short story collection in July 2016.
Description
A richly poetic collection of short stories.
These literary short stories explore the triumphs, compromises and challenges of everyday life. Drawing on a wide array of characters, Helen Stancey shows how small events, insignificant to some, can resonate deeply in the lives of others. Richly poetic, deeply moving and entirely engaging, these short stories demonstrate human adaptation, endurance and, most of all, optimism.
Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop, #2 in the series, by Mai Mochizuki, Oct. 28, 2025; Ballantine/NetGalley
Genre: Magical Realism/Whimsy
Over Christmas, people get their wishes revealed by the magical cats at the Full Moon Coffee Shop in Kyoto. For lovers of coffee, cats, and whimsy.
Cloe Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen, April 14, 2026, Atria Books/NetGalley
Genre: women's fiction, adult fiction
I read this way in advance of publication date because the title and author piqued my interest. Cloe is a woman living in Toronto who has just given birth to a stillborn baby. Her mourning for the lost child overwhelms her, her family, the rest of her life, and occcupies her daily thoughts.
Her many prescriptions from her doctor only push her more towards the brink of wishing herself dead.
Strangely enough, it's her experience working at a funeral home that start her towards a better perspective on grieving and coping with loss.
It is a strange journey to read this book and travel with Cloe through her agonies, doubts, and grief. It's an unusual read that people who can't get over losing a loved one could perhaps benefit from, in the end.
The injection of some humor that Cloe has about herself and her life makes the book readable and the character relatable.
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