Hopeful Reads

Stories of hope and healing for your nightstand. 

The Return: Fathers,Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Mater WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The acclaimed memoir about fathers and sons, a legacy of loss, and, ultimately, healing—one of The New York Times Book Review’s ten best books of the year, winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang (softcover) "The unforgettable true story of a family’s journey from the jungles of Laos to a Thailand refugee camp—and finally, to America." (Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down)

Letters to Memory by Karen Tei Yamashita "This powerful, deeply felt, and impeccably researched fiction is irresistibly evocative." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) An excursion through the Japanese internment using archival materials from the Yamashita family as well as a series of epistolary conversations with composite characters representing a range of academic specialties.

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina.

• Name : Dave Eggers

• Name : Chris Fischbach

• Name : Hisham Matar