I have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

 In1995 Bodie Kane, graduated from Granby, a New Hampshire boarding school,  defiant, isolated, resentful of the life that landed her there. It is also the year her roommate was found dead in the school swimming pool and Omar, the Black athletic director was found guilty of her murder.   In 2018, journalist Bodie returns to Granby to teach a class in podcasting. Her own podcast is about women in film - mostly about what the male dominated Hollywood culture required of women to succeed in film. As those early Granby memories return, she becomes convinced that Omar did not commit the murder. Some of her students agree and a class project becomes a tangled mystery.  But Bodie brings so much more to the conversation - the MeToo movement, the confusion of cancel culture dynamics, how race stands in the way of truth. The "you" in the title is another teacher Bodie believes may hold the key to justice.  But maybe for the big injustices in the world, justice is hard to find.

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

 715 pages - an epic tale of 3 generations. In1900 a 12 year girl is sent to be the bride of a 44 year old widower with a young son. Her family is one of the St Thomas Christians who live in Kerala, a state on the southwestern coast of India.  They will grow to love each other and create the next generation. The cloud that hangs over each generation is the Condition - an unexplained family trait that leads to death by drowning. Each generation will suffer many great tragedies but always faith, family and the power of medicine allow them to prevail. Colonialism, the caste system, and India's independence are all shared as incentives for change.  Verghese's characters are so rich, you ache and rejoice with them. Of particular interest are the strong women that emerge from a culture which appears to require submission but relies on female strength and wisdom. I should have anticipated the ending but thankfully did not. I guess if you are only going to write one novel every 10 years, you ought to make it 715 pages worthy.