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Leah Hager Cohen, Strangers and CousinsRead about another entry on the list.
According to Ron Charles in The Washington Post:Leah Hager Cohen’s new novel about a quirky family planning a wedding in a tumbledown house contains all the stale promise of an arthritic rom-com.
But it’s an absolute delight. And if anything about Strangers and Cousins sounds tepid or old-fashioned, know that Cohen has infused this story with the most pressing concerns of our era. The result is an unusually substantive comedy, a perfect summer novel: funny and tender but also provocative and wise.
The Page 69 Test: Strangers and Cousins.
--Marshal Zeringue