Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Dec. 22–Jan. 5

This week, we feature a warm novel set at Christmas, riveting biographies of WWII reporters, and vital findings on how space travel effects health.

Fiction

Finding Faith in Lost River

‘A Redbird Christmas’ By Fannie Flagg

Oswald T. Campbell, 52, receives a dire health prognosis. He leaves chilly Chicago for what he believes may be his last Christmas and takes up residence in a small rural community in Alabama. Warm and welcomed, he receives a rich magical gift, as will readers.