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Rika Horauchi's new part-time job is to converse with a statue of Venus - in Latin - every Monday, when the museum is closed. Initially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job. Recommended by her old university professor for her...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as "A cause for celebration"--an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENONEMON A Katie Couric Book Club Pick * A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick "[A] word-of-mouth smash hit." -- The New York Times "A treasure." --Hoda Kotb One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in...

Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. It's the 1960s and despite the fact that she is a scientist, her peers are very unscientific when it comes to equality. The only good thing to happen to her on the road to professional fulfillment is a...