Juggling 2 books at the moment, one for a book club that I recently joined
I've really enjoyed all of Powers' works. The Overstory remains one of my favorite reads from the last 5 years and I'm about 60% of the way through this one. Focuses on three characters - two men who grew up together in Chicago (one White, one Black) and attended Illinois together. Both were geniuses. They were inseparable. One went on to become a Jobs/Zuckerberg type character. The other, ends up living a simple life on a small island in the South Pacific. The third character is a woman who trailblazed deep-sea diving and oceanography during a time when men dominated the field.
For the book club, I'm reading this:
The entire book is a collection of letters written by and to the protagonist - a retired lawyer in her 70s. The correspondents range from her neighbors, her kids, former colleagues, and even some famous folks like Anne Patchett and Larry McMurtry. The letter are in chronological order and tell her life story through anecdotes and the conversations within the letters. A very ambitious way of telling a story, and despite my hesitancy and skepticism, I've quite enjoyed it so far.