The Wednesday letters
Jason F. Wright
After the death of their parents, three siblings return home and find a box of letters written by their father to their mother that uncovers the shocking truth about the past.
Read Time: ~5.6 hr
The tiger's wife
by Téa Obreht (2011)
About this book
Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
Setting / LocationNew York City
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe tiger's wife Lead Character
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