By MacLeod, Alistair
2001-04 – Vintage Books USA
0375726659 Check Our Catalog
Rundi’s Pick
2001 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Winner
This novel weaves together the story of a Scottish man who sets sail with his wife and 12 children for Cape Breton in 1779 and the tale of his descendant, who struggles with family loyalty 200 years later on the same bleak landscape.
By Yee, Lisa
2009-02 – Arthur A. Levine Books
0439838444 Check Our Catalog
Colleen’s Pick
Meet Maybelline Mary Katherine Mary Ann Chestnut, named for two Miss Americas and her mother Chessy’s favorite brand of mascara. Chessy teaches the students in her charm school her Seven Select Rules for Young Ladies, but she won’t tell Maybe who her real father is — or protect her from her latest scuzzball boyfriend. So Maybe hitches a ride to California with her friends Hollywood and Thammasat Tantipinichwong Schneider (aka Ted) — and what she finds there is funny, sad, true, and inspiring . . . vintage Lisa Yee.
By Harvey, Steve
With Millner, Denene
2009-02 – Amistad Press
0061728977 Check Our Catalog
Cheryl’s Pick
From the host of the popular Steve Harvey Morning Show comes a funny, honest, and foolproof guide for all women that takes them inside the heads of men and shows how men think about love, sex, and commitment.
By Ehrman, Bart D.
2008-03 – HarperOne
0061173975 Check Our Catalog
Lynne’s Pick
A top Bible scholar and “New York Times”-bestselling author of “Misquoting Jesus” challenges the varied and contradictory biblical explanations for why an all-powerful God allows suffering.
By Orion, Doreen
2008-06 – Broadway Books
0767928539 Check Our Catalog
Sue’s Pick
Queen of the Road is Orion’s priceless journal of her travels with her husband cross-country in an RV. Although they experience their share of misadventures, the trip has a remarkable effect as these two polar opposites grow closer than ever.
By Reichs, Kathy
2009-08 – Scribner Book Company
0743294394 Check Our Catalog
The New York Times bestselling author and co-producer of the FOX television hit Bones returns with a spectacular new novel featuring America’s favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan.
By O’Brien, Tim
2007-07 – Center Point Large Print
1585479942 Check Our Catalog
Tim’s Pick
John Wade is a Vietnam vet, and a man in crisis. He’s spent years building a successful political career that’s now being derailed by revelations about his past as a soldier in Vietnam. He loses the election and retreats to a small cabin near a Minnesota lake — from which his wife, Kathy, mysteriously disappears. Was foul play involved or did Kathy simply decide to leave? As John Wade looks for answers he discovers that wars don’t necessarily end when governments say they do.
By McCullough, Colleen
2008-12 – Simon & Schuster
1416596488 Check Our Catalog
Virginia’s Pick
The bestselling author of “The Thorn Birds” breathes new life into the characters of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Jane and Elizabeth’s younger, bookish sister, Mary is still too willful to be confined within traditional marriage, so she embarks on an adventure of her own.
By Monroe, Mary Alice
2009-07 – Pocket Books
1416549706 Check Our Catalog
Liz’s Pick
From the “New York Times”-bestselling author of “Time Is a River” comes a new lyrical and emotionally satisfying novel that intimately portrays the complex and emotional relationships shared among family and friends.
