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American Tales
The Air We Breathe (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9780393333077Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 10/01/2008
"It is 1916 in a tuberculosis sanatorium on an alpine lake in the Adirondacks, a world away from WWI. Into this quiet world walks a wealthy patient who introduces weekly discussions that take over the lives of the inhabitants. Barrett uses the disease of tuberculosis brilliantly. The sudden appearance of the bacillus in lungs, the coughing fits, and the blood all evoke war itself, while fear of the disease creates an atmosphere of burgeoning suspicion and the lawless vigilantism that always seems to accompany war. A magnificent novel." --Betsy Burton, The King's English, Salt Lake City, UT
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ISBN-13: 9781565126145Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 09/01/2008
"The Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is the most original novel I've read in recent memory. Thought-provoking, insightful, and funny, this is an unusual, and irresistible, story -- a moving portrait of an everyman, who is at once ordinary and singular. An intelligent and satisfying read." --Tova Beiser, Brown University Bookstore, Providence, RI
Five Skies (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9780143113461Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 05/01/2008
"A random group of men are assembled to work on a mysterious building project in Southern Idaho. As the reader gets inside the heads of these men and realizes how each has been damaged by events in his past, it becomes obvious that lives are being reconstructed as well. This is a very good reading group choice." --Sue Buschmann, Anderson's Bookshop, Naperville, IL
Last Night at the Lobster (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9780143114420Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 10/01/2008
"Through sparse, evocative language, we experience the closing night at a Red Lobster restaurant in a rundown New England mall. The tension between his ordered and ethical business life, and his more complicated personal life, causes Manny DeLeon, the manager, great conflict. A superb novella that took me right back to the kitchens and tables of my waitress days." --Sally Landaal, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
Red River (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9780446696999Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Grand Central Publishing, 01/01/2008
"Lalita Tademy weaves the stories of two families in the years following the Civil War into a compelling narrative bristling with distinctive voices." --Warren Wegner, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
So Brave, Young, and Handsome (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9780802144171Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Grove Press, 04/01/2009
"Leif Enger again explores the often transparent line between good and bad, focusing his story on characters who fall in the gray in-between. Failed novelist Monte Becket accompanies his friend Glendon Hale, a former outlaw, to Mexico to find Hale's estranged wife. Their adventures along the way, and the surprising end of their journey, make for an exciting and thought-provoking read." --Erica Caldwell, Present Tense, Batavia, NY
Song Yet Sung (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9781594483509Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Trade, 01/01/2009
"Song Yet Song is a compelling story of slaves' struggle for freedom in pre-Civil War Dorchester County, Maryland, where enslaved blacks lived alongside free blacks. The unpredictable human behavior that continues through the novel reinforces the idea that slavery came -- and comes -- in many forms, to money, to power, to ideas of others more powerful. This is a wonderfully readable book that questions what freedom really is, and it's an outstanding book club pick!" --Helen Markus, HearthFire Books of Evergreen, Evergreen, CO
The Sorrows of an American (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9780312428204Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador, 03/01/2009
"Struggling with ghosts, past and present, the Davidsen family embarks on a journey of self-discovery when their father dies. The drama of this novel is not the stuff of soap operas but rather the revelation that what may seem extraordinary upon discovery becomes, in the end, an ordinary life." --Beth Golay, Watermark Books, Wichita, KS
The Story of a Marriage (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9780312428280Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador, 03/01/2009
"In a daring story of three unpredictable characters navigating the treacherous waters of class and race, of forbidden love, and of patriotism in the years right after WWII, Andrew Sean Greer renders an imaginative, moving, and wholly satisfying tribute to the real complexities of the human heart." --Marie du Vaure, Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
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