I rarely review fiction, but I've got a nice book I'd like to recommend. My friend Amy suggested it to me on facebook a while back when I was casting around for a novel to read. The novel is People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
INTERNET WARNING: THIS BOOK IS LIKE FIVE YEARS OLD I DON'T CARE
Although a lot of people made a wider range of suggestions on my facebook post, I knew that when I saw Amy's suggestion it was the one I should try. She knows enough about me (we worked together for a few years) to zero in on something that I would appreciate, and she's a person who understand…