Books like Bread of Angels by Tessa Afshar

A sweeping Indian novel that weaves themes of love, family, and self‑realization, exploring gender identity, interpersonal bonds, and the human spirit amid loss and resilience.

Two college friends discover that love can span continents and a decade when they reunite after life‑changing choices thrust them apart.

When social worker Kara Newell inherits a sprawling estate on a South Carolina island, she discovers a hidden family and a community in turmoil, setting the stage for an unexpected romance with the island’s sheriff, ex‑Marine Jeffrey Hamilton.

Raised as an atheist, Sara Miles lived an enthusiastically secular life. Then early one morning, for no earthly reason, she wandered into a church. "I was certainly not interested in becoming a Christian," she writes, "or, as I thought of it rather less politely, a religious nut." But she ate a piece of bread, took a sip of wine, and found herself radically transformed. The sacrament of communion has sustained Miles ever since, in a faith she'd scorned, in work she'd never imagined. Here she tells how the seeds of her conversion were sown, and what her life has been like since she took that bread: as a lesbian left-wing journalist, religion for her was not about angels or good behavior or piety. She writes about the economy of hunger and the ugly politics of food; the meaning of prayer and the physicality of faith. Here, in this passionate book, is the living communion of Christ.--From publisher description.

Twelve‑year‑old William Eng, a Chinese‑American orphan in Seattle, teams up with his friend Charlotte to escape the orphanage and search for his mother, Willow, while uncovering a link to a famous film star.