Since this is the issue all about making readers laugh, I chose two books I expected would do just that—make me laugh. And make no mistake about it, they did, frequently and loudly. But what I wasn’t expecting was the depth of the emotional connections the characters had with one another that brought joy, heartache, disappointment, and so much love.
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Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane
(Henry Holt and Co., Contemporary Fiction, May 2023)
Chrissy thinks her son, Barnett, is coming back to the
