If you are looking for a gentle, warm and funny author, look no further than Alexander McCall Smith. His No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series fits the bill. The first book opens with the following …
Lila by Marilynne Robinson
Plot summary: This book is from the point of view of Lila, a migrant drifter child, then woman who wanders into Gilead in her 30s. She is lonely and full of shame and has only …