Remember those family car trips, playing I Spy, the Alphabet Game, or Who Can Annoy Their Sibling the Fastest? Now that I have teenagers, a trip of any kind has them plugged into their devices. Although I miss the hunt for "q," I don’t mind slipping into my own device for a good book.
Three summer reads that will capture your attention however you might be traveling these days:
Imposter Syndrome
by Kathy Wang
Julia is a Russian orphan turned tech company COO with
a host of household helpers. Alice is a tech support minion, grateful for a
steady paycheck. Wang examines the disparate lives of these two women as they
each risk their own livelihood seeking to define power and loyalty. Fans of Killing
Eve might relish the suspense sans the slaughter.
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
by Ken Liu
Fans of fantasy will be smitten with his imagination.
Fans of literary fiction will swoon at his turns of phrase. What if your soul
was encapsulated by an ice cube? What if a camera could capture your memory?
What’s Mine and Yours
by Naima Coster
The story starts in North Carolina, tragically, with
the loss of two men’s lives. Moving back and forth in time and place, we find
out how their children cope with that loss. Gee struggles to fit in at a new
high school. Noelle finds refuge in theater. One sister becomes an influencer.
The other finds companionship in caring for dogs. Eventually we learn how the
two families’ futures are intertwined. The story ends, comedically, with a
wedding.
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