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Staff Reading RecommendationsApril 2014 |
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Books we like and recommend...
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The dogs of Christmas
by W. Bruce Cameron
When his neighbor abandons his very pregnant dog Lucy at his Colorado home, Josh Michaels, recovering from a broken heart, learns to care for Lucy's tiny puppies with the help of local animal shelter worker Kerri, a beautiful woman with a quick wit and fierce love for animals.
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The secret of Raven Point : a novel
by Jennifer Vanderbes
Volunteering as a World War II Army nurse after receiving a cryptic letter from her missing-in-action soldier brother, Juliet finds her search challenged by the violent chaos of field hospital work and the court-martial proceedings of a wounded deserter who may hold answers. By the award-winning author of Easter Island. 35,000 first printing
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Yonder stands your orphan
by Barry Hannah
Max Raymond, a weak Christian saxophonist, is the only thing that stands between the evil and murderous depradations of Man Mortimer, a gambler and killer, and the inhabitants of a small lake community near Vicksburg. By the author of Geronimo Rex. 25,000 first printing.
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Brain on fire : my month of madness
by Susannah Cahalan
A dramatic account of a young New York Post reporter's struggle with a rare brain-attacking autoimmune disease traces how she woke up in a hospital room under guard with no memory of baffling psychotic symptoms, describing the last-minute intervention by a brilliant doctor who identifies the source of her illness. 75,000 first printing
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Motherland
by Maria Hummel
A tale inspired by stories from the author's father's childhood in Germany as well as letters between her Nazi-compliant grandparents traces the experiences of widowed surgeon Frank, who to provide for his children after being drafted into military service remarries a young woman who struggles to keep one of the children from being declared mentally unfit. By the award-winning author of House and Fire. 15,000 first printing.
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