![]() ![]() ![]() Even boomers who never played video games will enjoy its social commentary. This debut science-fiction novel by a native of Ashland, Ohio, is a page turner for young and old. The designer challenges gamers to find the secrets he has hidden in OASIS, and the first to do so will inherit his fortune. It is a testament to how two very different people forge a marriage through various hardships and carry on through terminal illness. Ready Player One (Broadway Paperbacks, $24) by Ernest Cline: “The real world is an ugly place in 2044, but many escape into a virtual utopia, OASIS, created by a 1980s video-game designer. This book is mostly a memoir about the author and her husband who, at age 60, developed a very rare form of kidney cancer. ![]() The Cost of Hope: The Story of a Marriage, a Family and the Quest for Life (Random House, $26) by Amanda Bennett: “The memoir is a well-written inquisition by a former Pulitzer Prize winner into the complicated and varied practices of the American health-care system, intertwined with a moving and lovingly written biography of Bennett’s husband and their marriage. The Cost of Hope: A Memoir: The Story of a Marriage, a Family and the Quest for Life Paperback Apby AMANDA BENNETT (Author) 95 ratings See all formats and editions Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 15.99 1 New from 15.99 Paperback 9.99 1 New from 9.Recommendations from central Ohio librarians, booksellers, college professors and others: ![]()
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