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Moon Over Manifest (Paperback)

By Clare Vanderpool
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780375858291
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Published: Yearling, 9/2011
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It’s the depression, 1936, and twelve-year-old Abilene has been drifting with her father from town to town. One day he sends her to Manifest, Kansas – to be cared for by his old friend Shady for the summer. She feels lost, wondering why her father has sent her away, who he really is and where home is. As she gets to know the townspeople and learns the history of manifest, she begins to learn who she is & where she comes from. A spy hunt, a reclusive diviner who is a great storyteller, a pile of newspapers from 1918, a memento box….all make for a great story rich in historical detail

Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship (Paperback)

By Gail Caldwell
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780812979114
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 8/2011
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This is a story of friendship and loss, grief and survival. It is the story of Caldwell's close friendship with fellow writer Caroline Knapp, who died at 42 from lung cancer. The women bonded over writing and dogs, rowing and swimming, and a shared history of alcoholism, among other things. Caldwell's writing is unsentimental, but moving, lean but graceful.

Ordinary Thunderstorms (Paperback)

By William Boyd
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780061876752
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Published: Harper Perennial, 2/2011
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A chance encounter while dining and an attempt to do a good deed change Adam's life forever. An ordinary guy looking for a job becomes a man who fears for his freedom and his life.The decisions he makes to protect himself and the people he meets highlight a chilling moral ambiguity, and make for a riveting read.

You Know When the Men Are Gone (Hardcover)

By Siobhan Fallon
$23.95
ISBN-13: 9780399157202
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Published: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 1/2011
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You Know When the Men are Gone is a wonderful collection of stories that focuses on soldiers (in this case, men) and their families when the soldiers are at war. Stories about love, separation, reunion, loneliness, fear, infidelity, loss and much more. The place is Fort Hood, Texas. The deployment is to Iraq. The point of view is mostly that of the wives, but also that of a few of the men. With superb phrasing and the right details and nuances, Fallon gently leads us to the crux of each family issue.

Let the Great World Spin (Paperback)

By Colum Mccann
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812973990
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 6/2010
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Let the Great World Spin is a collection of linked stories starring characters from all over New York City, with the stunning Twin Towers walk of Philippe Petit (1350 ft. off ground) in August 1974 at the swirling center. McCann reveals his characters in various voices and describes his city in exuberant & lavish detail.

The Dreamer (Hardcover)

By Pam Munoz Ryan, Peter Sis
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780439269704
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Published: Scholastic Press, 4/2010
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The shy young Neftali listens to the rain, watches the clouds, wanders in the forest and lets his imagination roam. His practical father, concerned about his ability to earn a living, wants him to study the sciences but Neftali’s heart and mind lead him to writing. This is a wonderful fictionalized account of the childhood of the poet Pablo Neruda – a book for a parent to share with a child, particular one with an artistic leaning or an interest in poetry.

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Paperback)

By Anne Fadiman
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780374525644
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1/1997
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It is with empathy, objectivity and grace that Fadiman explores the misunderstanding that develops between a refugee Hmong family with a sick daughter and the Western medical professionals who try to help them. An absolutely beautiful and stunning book that you won’t forget.
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