Once again it was a title that caught our eye, leading us to a the book that was even more intriguing than the title. The book is How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water. The author is Angie Cruz. The book is a fascinating character study of Cara Romero, a Dominican immigrant who came to this country more than 25 years ago. She needs a job. There are 12 chapters— each a transcription of one of Cara’s meetings with a professional job counselor. You come to know Cara - or do you really? As she talks to the counselor and tells her/him not just about herself but about the immigrant community of which she is a part? A reader, we believe, will thoroughly enjoy getting to know Cara. A listener to The Book Case will enjoy getting to know Angie Cruz.

Instead of an independent bookstore this week we talk to each other about books we’ve read this year that we loved, but might not have been suited to a podcast.

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

Dominicana by Angie Cruz

Let It Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz

Soledad by Angie Cruz

Widow Basquiat by Jennifer Clement

Incidents in the Life of a Slave by Harriet Jacobs

The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

The Lost Kings by Tyrell Johnson

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Head Full of Ghosts by Paul G. Tremblay

Full Throttle by Joe Hill and Stephen King

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Robert E Lee: A Life by Allen C. Guelzo

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