Boy A. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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Boy A
Jonathan Trigell, 2004
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John Crowley, 2007

Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, the young Englishman notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But, when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack must cope with the anger of citizens who fear for the safety of their children.


Brooklyn. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín, 2009
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John Crowley, 2015

In 1951, Eilis Lacey is a young woman from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, a small town in southeast Ireland, where she lives with her mother and sister, Rose. Father Flood gets her enrolled in Brooklyn College bookkeeping classes, as Eilis wants to become an accountant.


Life After Life. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2013 book
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Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, 2013
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John Crowley, 2022-

Ursula Todd dies shortly after being born in 1910, but is reborn and lives multiple lives over the course of the century. She experiences different circumstances and encounters major events, including both world wars and an encounter with Hitler.


Extraordinary Measures. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2006 book, The Cure
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The Cure
Geeta Anand, 2006
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Tom Vaughan, 2010

John Crowley and his wife, Aileen, are a Portland couple with two of their three children suffering from Pompe disease, a genetic anomaly that typically kills most before a child’s tenth birthday. John, an advertising executive, contacts Robert Stonehill, a researcher in Nebraska who has done innovative research for an enzyme treatment for the rare disease.


The Goldfinch. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2013 book
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The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, 2013
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John Crowley, 2019

Thirteen-year-old Theodore Decker’s mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In the aftermath of the explosion, a dying man urges him to take a painting and his engraved ring. Theo hides the painting at his apartment, and is placed with the Barbours, the family of his childhood friend Andy.