Evenings at Five By Gail Godwin

This is a remarkable little book that can be read in one sitting. It is told as a wistful recollection of the cocktail hour between husband and wife, during which they exchanged their thoughts, hearts and souls, and which she recalls during his illness and after he is gone. Interspersed with the lovely writing are line drawings illustrating the rooms where this love story played out. Somber, reflective, touching, but never mawkish. Read it once, twice, and then perhaps buy it, as I did.
Mary B., Ridgedale Library

Finding Jack By Gareth Crocker

"When war ends, how do you leave your best friend behind?" After losing his young family in a tragic accident, Fletcher Carson joins the flagging war effort in Vietnam. Deeply depressed, he plans to die in the war. But during one of his early missions. Fletcher rescues a critically wounded yellow Lab whom he nurses back to health and names Jack. As Fletcher and Jack patrol and survive the jungles of Vietnam, Fletcher slowly regains the will to live. Based on the actual existence and abandonment of canine units in Vietnam. Gareth Crockers "Finding Jack" is a novel of friendship and love under desperate circumstances that will grab your heart and won't let go. Eddie A., St. Anthony Library