THE MONARCH’S FLIGHT/ New Edition
In the late 20th century, amidst America’s growing reliance on Mexican immigrants, a devoutly religious married man finds his life upended while pursuing the American dream. Determined to provide a better future for his family, he grapples with cultural barriers and injustices, having left his seminary life behind. However, as his wife and newborn prepare to join him, an unexpected wrench is thrown into his carefully constructed plans—he unexpectedly falls deeply in love with another woman.
WHERE BEAUTY RESIDES/ Abraham Verghese
He wants to talk about Celeste, but of course he’s never mentioned her, or the excursion, never uttered her name to another. Honorine laughs, shouting back, “Roses would be annoying weeds if the blooms never withered and died. Beauty resides in the knowledge that it doesn’t last.” Well, Jeb surely knows that, Digby thinks. But does Rose? And if beauty is in the ephemeral, what about the beautiful things you can’t have? Perhaps that kind of beauty does last forever.
