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This month the Online Reading Challenge searches for materials that span decades and time. Our main title for November is Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Here’s a quick summary from the publisher:
In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan–the inspiration for the television series on Apple TV+.
In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant–and that her lover is married–she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son’s powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. – Grand Central Publishing
Looking for some other books that span decades or time? Try any of the following.
- 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
- American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Twles
- Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
- Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Lost Night by Andrea Bartz
- The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
- There There by Tommy Orange
- What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster
As always, check each of our locations for displays with lots more titles to choose from!