tensk klub za memi Wood Monica (2026)

This heartfelt novel about redemption, the power of shared stories and unlikely friendships follows three people whose lives become intertwined in a small-town Portland bookshop. Twenty-two-year-old Violet Powell is released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drink-driving accident that killed a preschool teacher. Retired English teacher Harriet Larson, who runs the prison reading club, is struggling with empty-nest syndrome, while retired toolmaker Frank Daigle has still not come to terms with the loss of the wife Violet killed. They meet when Violet comes to buy a book discussed by the prison reading club shortly before her release, Harriet is choosing new reading for the prisoners and Frank works as a caretaker. Their lives begin to connect in ways that profoundly affect them all. This Czech-language edition is a sincere and encouraging story about guilt, second chances and the life-changing power of books, told with sensitivity, wit, elegance and deep understanding by Monica Wood.