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Summary of The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom | Includes Analysis   Preview: The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom is a mystery set on Lake Michigan in the small town of Coldwater. Tess Rafferty receives a phone call. She is unable to get to the phone in...

Summary of A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman | Includes Analysis   Preview:   A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is a novel titled after its cranky but quietly heroic protagonist. A heart condition has forced Ove, a 59-year-old widower, into early retirement. Now lacking...

Summary of The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Husband’s Secret, by Liane Moriarty, is three stories in one. Cecilia is a middle-aged mother of three daughters. She is married to one of the well-known, wealthy Fitzpatrick boys, and to...

Summary of Finders Keepers by Stephen King | Includes Analysis   Preview: Private investigator, Bill Hodges, races to find another deranged killer in Finders Keepers, the second book in a projected trilogy by Stephen King. The first, Mr. Mercedes, won the 2015 Edgar...

Summary of Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King | Includes Analysis   Preview: Part1 Chapter 1 Down-on-his-luck, Augie Odenkirk helps homeless Janice Cray care for her baby as they wait in the early morning fog for a job fair. A gray Mercedes plows into the crowd. Augie,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary of the book and NOT the original book.  Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult - A 15-minute Summary       Inside this Instaread Summary:    Overview of the entire book  Introduction to the important people...

Summary of Crash & Burn by Lisa Gardner | Includes Analysis   Preview: Crash & Burn by Lisa Gardner is a psychological thriller that tells the story of Nicky Frank, a woman who cannot escape the memories that reside inside her head. After suffering two previous concussions,...

Summary of Still Alice by Lisa Genova | Includes Analysis   Preview: Still Alice is a novel by writer Lisa Genova. It tells the story of Alice Howland, a fifty year-old psychology professor at Harvard and an expert in the field of linguistics, who is diagnosed with...

Summary of Last One Home by Debbie Macomber | Includes Analysis   Preview: Last One Home by Debbie Macomber is a novel about persevering through tough times. It also shows how strong the bond between sisters can be. Sisters Karen, Cassie, and Nichole have a happy...

Summary of Gray Mountain by John Grisham | Includes Analysis   Preview: Gray Mountain  is a legal thriller by John Grisham that is set during the recession of 2008. The book begins when associate lawyer, Samantha Kofer, is furloughed, or laid off, due to the recession,...

Summary of The Fifth Gospel: by Ian Caldwell | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell is a literary thriller that takes place in 2004 at the Vatican, the chief residence of the Catholic Pope in Italy. The novel follows the aftermath of Vatican museum curator,...

Summary of All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner | Includes Analysis Inside this Instaread Summary: -Overview of the entire book -Introduction to the characters in the book -Summary and analysis of all the chapters in the book -Reader's Perspective  ...

Summary of Funny Girl by Nick Hornby | Includes Analysis   Preview: Funny Girl is a novel by writer Nick Hornby set in Blackpool, England in 1964. It tells the story of twenty-one year old Barbara Parker, a beautiful blonde, who wants to become a comedic actress like Lucille...

Summary of The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Boston Girl is a novel by award winning writer, Anita Diamant. In this novel, Addie Baum is being interviewed by her granddaughter, Ava Miller, about the many experiences she has had in her life, especially...