Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel has this weird hopeful quality that always reminds me of things starting to bloom again after a long winter. The Garden of Evening Mists might work too – it’s got that contemplative, renewal thing going on even though it deals with heavy historical stuff.
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**Prodigal Summer**, by Barbara Kingsolver, comes to mind … although with “summer” in the title, maybe not, xD
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel has this weird hopeful quality that always reminds me of things starting to bloom again after a long winter. The Garden of Evening Mists might work too – it’s got that contemplative, renewal thing going on even though it deals with heavy historical stuff.
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
**Prodigal Summer**, by Barbara Kingsolver, comes to mind … although with “summer” in the title, maybe not, xD