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What’s in a name? Is it genetic lineage and birth rite, or is it an arbitrary moniker that we simply choose to revere and slap onto a credit card? This month’s pick is a study in family identity, belonging, and the Ireland of the 1940s up to now. In his New York Times bestselling 2017 novel The Heart’s Invisible Furies , author John Boyne tells the tale of Cyril Avery, an adopted son who feels like a stranger in his own family. Boyne tells the tale of what it really means to have a chosen family by way of Cyril’s friendship with the alluring Julian Woodbead. Spanning a lifetime, Cyril finds in due course who he actually is. So, maybe Shakespeare’s Juliet was right all along. A rose is still a rose. To alias or not alias, perhaps that’s the question. To join our book club, visit sdmag.com/bookclub. Then visit one of the participating local, indie bookstores to buy a copy of The Heart’s Invisible Furies . Email a photo of your receipt to books @ sdmag.com. We’ll randomly select one winner each month who will get $300 to any one of CH Projects Establishments (Neighborhood, Born and Raised, Craft & Commerce, Ironside).
No one ever died thinking, “I should’ve read less.”
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