Leslie Baldwin, Integrated Account Manager
Her Pick: The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice
It's an incredible page-turner following two people who were unlikely ever to meet – a wealthy woman and an estate caretaker who's an undocumented immigrant. The pair are brought together by the coincidence that they've both lost a daughter. This leads to an amazing search for one of the daughters that's really keeping me reading.
Joanna Palumbo, Sales Planning Manager
Her Pick: An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and (former PEOPLE writer) Alex Tresniowski
It's an unbelievable true story about the fierce bond that developed between an 11-year-old homeless boy and a successful sales executive after she stopped to buy him lunch one day. Very inspiring.
Laurie Coughlan, Senior Manager, Digital Communications
Her Pick: Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann
In the summer, I love long, epic novels that make you excited for a train ride or a quiet day on the beach. Anthropology's heroine is Evie, who we follow through her teens and early 20s growing up in East Hampton and NYC in the '70s and early '80s. Evie's story focuses on big, first love, and how that relationship shapes her as she outgrows friendships, struggles with family, and discovers who she is. Though I'm tempted to read compulsively, I still find myself "saving" pages for tomorrow.
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