Readers recommend books: 'Silage' and 'This Close to Happy'

July 22, 2017 at 6:22AM
This Close to Happy, by Daphne Merkin
This Close to Happy, by Daphne Merkin (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

I'm reading a ton of books, as always. But the two I have in the car this year to reread in the morning when the traffic is at a standstill on the Wakota Bridge are "Silage," a collection of poetry by Bethany W. Pope, and "This Close to Happy: A Reckoning With Depression," by Daphne Merkin.

KATE HOLDEN, Oakdale

What's on your bedside table? E-mail books@startribune.com.

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