Dear Great Book Guru, I am so excited- my favorite group ANTIGONE RISING –is performing this weekend at Sea Cliff Beach on Saturday, September 17. While I am waiting for the music to begin, do you have a good book for me to read?

 Fervent Fan of Antigone Rising

Dear Fervent Fan of Antigone Rising, I have just finished a compelling novel by  new author Flynn Berry: UNDER THE HARROW.  The story opens with Nora eagerly anticipating a weekend visit with her older sister Rachel in Oxford. On the train from London, she envisions the meal Rachel is preparing, her dog Ferro’s excited greeting, a  night of catching up with an adored sibling- a perfect weekend!  The first sign that things are amiss is that Rachel is not at the station waiting for her.  As Nora enters the house, she finds Ferro dead, her sister brutally murdered, and dinner growing cold on the stove. Thus begins her descent into inconsolable grief and we follow as she tries to make sense of the past and present while discovering how little she really knew about her sister.  Much more than a psychological thriller, this is a study of grieving- of living “under the harrow” – the title coming from C.S.Lewis’s  “A Grief Observed.” This is a book you will not easily forget…highly recommended!