Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins recommends a hellish tour, podcaster wisdom and conversation with plants.
A Short Stay in Hell
By Steven L. PeckStrange Violin Editions$11.95March 2012Purchase
From the publisher: As a faithful Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunited with his loved ones in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life. In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong.
From Zane, bookseller: Ever wanted to go to Hell without actually, like, going to Hell? Totally relatable, everyone feels that way. This book gives you the perfect opportunity to very briefly experience a man’s unfathomably long time in a hell which takes the form of a library containing every single 410-page book that could possibly be written with our alphabet, where the only way out is to find the book that tells your entire life’s story. This novella is super clever, profound, kind of terrifying, and fairly funny. It’s also 110 pages long, so it’ll only take you like 1-100 hours to read, whatever qualifies as delightfully brisk to your unique and special brain.
Life is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches
By Jennifer Welch & Angie SullivanHanover Square Press$27.99May 2025Purchase
Version 1.0.0From the publisher: Long before their blockbuster podcast, I’ve Had It, Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan were simply two best friends, supporting each other through the ups and downs of life. For the first time, Angie and Jennifer open up about the most personal moments that shaped their worldviews, sharpened their humor and inspired the “hopeful cynicism” that underpins their I’ve Had It podcast. Using their friendship as a roadmap, Jennifer and Angie share the wisdom that got them through life’s biggest challenges and the lessons they’ve absorbed along the way. From infidelity, addiction and sobriety to economic instability, struggles with self-worth and brushes with fame, they’ve seen it all, and they’re here to help guide readers on their own journeys, showing us how we too can center our lives around humor, hope and connection and let go of the rest.From Revati, store manager: It’s no surprise that life is hard. Sometimes it feels like there is such an incredible amount of terrible things happening that all that can help is grabbing your bestie and letting it all out. Enter Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan. Over the last 20 years, they’ve seen each other through the best and, more importantly, the worst. This memoir is a hilarious and touching testament to friendships and where I hope to be when I reach their legendary crone status.P.S. You can always listen to their podcast, I’ve Had It, to commiserate about problems big and small!
How to Talk to Your Succulent
By Zoe PersicoTundra Books$13.99April 2025Purchase
Version 1.0.0From the publisher: Eleven-year-old Adara and her dad are moving from California to the cold and flat lands of Michigan . . . and it sucks. After Mom’s recent passing, it seems way too soon. Talking to Dad has always been harder than with Mom, but now it’s like walking on eggshells. And why did Dad bring so many of Mom’s houseplants across the country? Her mother might have been called the “plant whisperer” back home, but Adara is beginning to wonder if there is something more to it. But when she meets a little succulent named Perle, she unlocks the same magical ability her mother had: talking to plants!But taking care of Perle isn’t as easy as it seems — the environment isn’t suited for her, and Adara doesn’t know how to meet her needs. Kind of like the situation Adara herself is in. If only Perle could ask Adara for help . . . and Adara could ask her dad.With a touch of magic, this debut middle-grade graphic novel explores loneliness, mental health and empathy, and shows how communication, openness and a willingness to listen can help young people — and older people — and plants! — navigate their mental well-being and heal from loss, individually and together.
From Teresa, bookkeeper: This book explores grief, healing, mental health and how being able and willing to listen, to anyone or anything, can change your life. A touching, adorable story that both my 10-year-old daughter and I loved so much. And the artwork is stunning!
THIS WEEK’S BOOK RECS COME FROM:
Old Firehouse Books
232 Walnut St., Fort Collins
oldfirehousebooks.com
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