If you liked Still Life by Sarah Winman, try these other amusing, engaging books with the theme of chosen family!
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amongst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses's life for the next four decades
In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow
Spanning decades in a rural North Carolina town where a canal acts as the colour line, In West Mills is a magnificent, big-hearted small-town story about family, friendship, storytelling, and the redemptive power of love.
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
It's March 2020 and a calamity is unfolding. A group of friends and friends-of-friends gathers in a country house to wait out the pandemic. Over the next few months new bonds of friendship and love will take hold, while old betrayals will emerge among this unlikely cast of characters, each richly drawn and achingly human.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space--and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe.
Music Of Bees by Eileen Garvin
Beautifully moving, warm, and uplifting, The Music of Bees is about the power of friendship, compassion in the face of loss, and finding the courage to start over (at any age) when things don't turn out the way you expect.
