The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Little Brown Book, 2015)
Fiction
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (ISBN: 9780349141077, paperback), which was recommended to me as a modern-day retelling of George Elliot’s Silas Marner. AJ Fikry is a bookseller in modern day America, rather than a weaver in early-19th Century England. AJ has become isolated, morose and self-destructive, following the tragic loss of his wife. But like Silas, he is saved when a toddler is unexpectedly left in his care.