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The Helpline
by Katherine
Collette
“I am constantly
overthinking
things, and it can
be completely
draining,” admits
Larell Scardelli,
FIRST assistant
nutrition editor. “So when I picked up
this novel, I really connected with the
protagonist as she found herself fight-
ing to learn how to turn off her brain
and listen to her heart.” Germaine,
a sudoku-loving introvert, suddenly
loses her insurance job and falls into
a position at City Hall answering calls
on the Senior Citizens Helpline. After
getting to know a group of trouble-
making yet lovable seniors, her secret
task to shut dow n t he center doesn’t
feel right anymore, even though it
makes financial sense. “It was so fun
to watch Germaine learn how to open
up,” says Larell. “She inspired me
to fol low suit and f ind a litt le more
love and joy in my own analytical
world!” (Atria, 2019; Hardcover $26,
K ind le $14, Nook $14)Chick lit
Memoir
The Education of Will: Healing a Dog, Facing My Fears,
Reclaiming My Life by Patricia B. McConnell
“I believe there are few things that can’t be cured by the love
of a dog,” says Kristina Mastrocola, FIRST senior editor.
“When I was feeling nervous about an upcoming event, I
grabbed this memoir of a woman who mends her own emo-
tional wounds by helping a troubled pooch, and I got swept
up.” After animal behaviorist Patricia McConnell brings
home an anxious border collie named Will, she realizes his fears and fits of
rage are going to take more than her usual arsenal of tools to heal—she’ll have
to look within and face her own traumatic past in order to save him. “Reading
this story of resilience and compassion gave me the courage I needed to face my
fear,” says Kristina, “And now I can’t even look at a paw-shaped rescue sticker
asking Who rescued who? without thinking of all the Wills and Patricias sav-
ing each other every day.” (Atria, 2018; Paperback $17, Kindle $13, Nook 13)Evvie Drake
Starts Over
by Linda Holmes
“Recently, I had
been feeling
blah and stuck
in a rut that I
couldn’t seem
to get out of,”
says Alexandra
Pollock, FIRST
senior editor. “I turned to my favorite
pastime, reading, for inspiring ways to
shake things up—and Holmes’ novel
led the way!” Recently widowed Evvie
Drake rarely leaves her house in the
Maine town where she and her late
husband once put down roots together.
But when major-league baseball player
Dean Tenney’s desperation to escape
cit y life gets t he better of him, he
leases the apartment behind Evvie’s
house and the two start a friendship
that turns into something more. “Rife
with sweetness, secrets and budding
romance, this book gave me a front-
row seat to the beauty of a fresh start,”
says A lexandra. “I f inished t he last
page full of hope!” (Ballantine, 2019;
Hardcover $26, K ind le $13, Nook $13)Romance
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