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17 Books to Travel Inward and Get Stronger

Some books may leave you feeling like a scorched desert, but only to irrigate that land with the water of life. You empathize with characters in some books almost more than you do with your best friend, and you feel their pain more keenly than your own.

The collection that awesome.club brings you contains books about life that touch the most sensitive veins, teach compassion and bring out the best in everyone.

A love to remember

Nicholas Sparks

Every year Landon Carter returns to little Beaufort, North Carolina to relive the memories of his first love. Long ago, being the mischievous son of wealthy parents, by the will of fate he began to reconcile with his classmate Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the village Baptist pastor. She doesn’t take care of herself, she always carries her Bible with her, and at school they think she’s weird. However, Landon sees something more behind that armor: spiritual beauty and light, which will make him discover a secret that will completely change his life…

the glass girl

Jodi Picoult

The young protagonist, Willow, doesn’t quite live up to her name (willow means “willow” in English): she doesn’t have the flexibility of a willow tree. The girl has osteogenesis imperfecta (glass bone syndrome) and over the years she will experience more and more pain. Willow’s mother decides to sue the doctors: she was not warned about her daughter’s illness during pregnancy. But, dedicating all their time to the youngest daughter, the parents forget the eldest, who thinks about ending her own life…

Out of me

Sharon M. Draper

Teachers and classmates perceive Melody as a typical girl suffering from cerebral palsy: she does not walk or talk. But at age 11 she has a photographic memory and a developed mind. And she wants to show the world that what she deserves is not compassion, but respect. The author of the book also brings up a “special” child, therefore, between her lines, one can notice something inexpressible that reaches the depths of the soul.

The Seamstress of Dachau

Mary Chamberlain

Ada Vaughan, 18, lives in London, is beautiful and ambitious. In addition, she is a great seamstress with the gift of a talented stylist. The girl meets the mysterious Stanislaus von Lieben and travels to Paris, but after just a few days war breaks out in Europe. Ada is left alone in France with a British passport, with her skills, but without a home. What awaits a young seamstress in captivity and how can she survive in a world engulfed in the flames of war?

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The Liars’ Club: A Memoir

mary karr

Mary’s life is like a twisted movie: her grandmother looks like detectives, always carrying envelopes with forensic data; his artist mother was married 7 times; his alcoholic father holds “Liars’ Club” meetings, where he and his drinking friends spend their time telling legends and jokes. Mary is involved in such an unusual cycle of events that she can only talk about them in her father’s club: there everything will be perceived as the truth.

Farewell Rites

Hannah Kent

Awaiting the death penalty for the murder of a loved one, Agnes Magnúsdóttir is on a remote Icelandic farm. Locals first perceive her literally as a demon, but over time, they begin to realize that not everything in the girl’s story is so clear. A subtle psychological drama set against the background of 19th century Nordic expansions and the silent, strong-willed characters. This book is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent.

The Book of Strange Things

Michel Faber

In this novel by Michel Feber, a priest undertakes a mission to catechize extraterrestrials in the Scriptures, The Book of Strange Things. His beloved wife Beatrice stays at home with their cat. During his journey, the main character, Peter Leigh, will face different tests of faith and catastrophes and will understand how strong and at the same time weak the bonds that bind loved ones to each other can be.

I confess

Jaume Cabré

In early childhood, musician Adrià Ardèvol steals an 18th-century violin from his father’s antique shop and replaces it with his own. Soon his father will be killed and little Adrià will consider himself responsible for the tragedy. He is growing up, but the secret never abandons the protagonist. He will have to solve the riddle of this ancient violin and face the intrigues of the past, or else the irreparable will happen: he will lose the love of his life.

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Everything I Never Told You

Celeste NG

A novel about good intentions that lead down the road to hell. Lydia’s family associated their dreams and future plans with her. But a brilliant career in the world of medicine in a big city could not be realized because of false hopes and the truth kept silent by the people who revolve around her.

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

Ove is a product of his time: those around him, in his opinion, are not smart or sharp-minded, and bureaucratic institutions were created only to disrupt the lives of others. But the external coldness hides a good heart inside. By chance, new neighbors damage his mailbox. Then, the protagonist’s second life comes to light with the loss of love, a devoted friendship and homeless cats. The book reveals how one person’s life can influence the fate of others.

Child Wonder: A Novel

Roy Jacobsen

1960s, a bedroom neighborhood in a Norwegian city. Little Finn and his mother lead a typical life, with no ups and downs. Unexpectedly, an intruder appears in his world: the boy’s half-sister. Their common father left the family and soon died. This unexpected guest, with peculiarities in her development, changes her usual routine and the novel raises the problems of the importance of a complete family, the acceptance and non-acceptance of special children: behind frivolous phrases and simple language there is a true drama social, not without flashes of hope.

White Chrysanthemum

Mary Lynn Bracht

The starting point is the Korean island of Jeju where, in 1943, two sisters live who love each other very much and cherish their dreams about the future. The girls are separated by a dramatic war, they lose their loved ones and great challenges and confrontations marked by cruelty appear. But the bloody pages of history, the Korean War and the Japanese occupation close. Will the sisters be able to come to terms with what happened, answer important questions, and get back together?

when I sizzle

Endo Shusaku

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An unexpected encounter on a train seems to take life-weary businessman Ozu back to his younger years. At that time, his heart was full of faith in humanity. Now, his son, who starts his career as an oncologist, intrigues and is willing to do anything to climb his path and achieve success in the hospital. A novel about the sadness, happiness and meaning of people’s lives that, at first glance, seem to be simply passing by.

The Braid

Laetitia Colombani

This book is about three women who don’t know each other but still have something in common. Smita is an untouchable woman from the village of Badlapur (India), just like her predecessors and descendants. Sicilian Giuliana takes over a workshop from her late father. Successful Canadian Sarah learns that she is suffering from a terminal illness. Each of them is willing to deal with their circumstances… and find hope.

What She Left Behind

Ellen Marie Wiseman

The protagonists of the book, Clara and Izzy, are the same age and have similar fates: both face misunderstandings and betrayals by their loved ones. Although Clara lived a few decades earlier. What will each of them choose: surrender or show character and fight? What will Izzy find in Clara’s forgotten diary? Will he be able to change anything?

shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

This novel has already gained fame as one of the most quoted of recent times. Deprivation of parental custody, drugs, theft and other crimes, arrests, elopements, and love. A cocktail of a life full of events and a storm of feelings that can reach even the hardest heart. If you haven’t read it yet, it’s about time!

a big boy

Nick Hornby

The protagonist is a hardened egoist, leading the life of a bachelor. Luxury apartment, amazing car, no problems… Everything would have continued like this if it weren’t because, suddenly, in the life of this hedonist, a boy named Marcus appears. This encounter changes the protagonist in a surprising way, returning to his life something very important hidden in the depths of his soul…

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