Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer

Ann Packer's book The Dive From Clausen's Pier is one of my hands-down favorites. It's a book that I have read and reread, each time feeling something new and rediscovering the meaning of hot tears.

However, I haven't been moved nearly as much by any of Packer's work since. Enter Swim Back to Me.

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Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider/ I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

"I don't know how this can be but it can: A painting is both exactly the same and entirely different every single time you look at it. That's the way it is between Jude and me now."

Yard War by Taylor Kitchings

"So people can throw bombs in other peoples' yards and still be good. As long as they keep their yards nice and go to church."