Featured Books: March 2010

Prayers for Sale By Sandra Dallas

$13.99 / 9780312385194 /St. Martin's Griffin

From the critically acclaimed author of Tallgrass comes a powerful novel about an unlikely friendship between two women and the secrets they’ve kept in order to survive life in a rugged Colorado mining town.This book is one with surprising twists and turns and one that is ultimately a revelation of the finest parts of the human spirit.

Making Toast By Roger Rosenblatt

$21.99 / 9780061825934 / Ecco

When his daughter, Amy—a gifted doctor, mother, and wife—collapses and dies from an asymptomatic heart condition, Roger Rosenblatt and his wife, Ginny, leave their home on the South Shore of Long Island to move in with their son-in-law, Harris, and their three young grandchildren: six-year-old Jessica, four-year-old Sammy, and one-year-old James, known as Bubbies. As he marvels at the strength of his son-in-law, a surgeon, and the tenacity and skill of his wife, a former kindergarten teacher, Roger attends each day to "the one household duty I have mastered"—preparing the morning toast perfectly to each child's liking.

To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West By Mark Lee Gardner

$26.99 / 9780061368271 / William Morrow

To Hell on a Fast Horse re-creates the thrilling manhunt for the Wild West's most iconic outlaw. It is also the first dual biography of the Kid and Garrett, each a larger-than-life figure who would not have become legendary without the other. Drawing on voluminous primary sources and a wealth of published scholarship, Mark Lee Gardner digs beneath the myth to take a fresh look at these two men, their relationship, and their epic ride to immortality.

Lift By Kelly Corrigan

$16.99 / 9781401341244 / Hyperion

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Middle Place" comes this memoir of Corrigan's struggle with cancer and her family's support and strength that sees her through.

The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million--and Bucked the Medical Establishment--in a Quest to Save His Children

By Geeta Anand

$15.99 / 9780060734404 / Harper Paperbacks

The inspiration for the captivating film Extraordinary Measures, starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford, The Cure is a remarkable true story of cutting-edge science, business acumen and daring, and one family's indomitable spirit.

Numbers By Rachel Ward

$17.99 / 9780545142991 / Chicken House

Jem has a secret: whenever she meets someone new, as soon as she looks into their eyes a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider.