Nora, her dreams all broken, lives an unobtrusive life until an irresistible family befriends and betrays her. A story of rage told with wit and insight.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
TRANSATLANTIC by Colum McCann
Three historic crossings between Ireland and the United States, at
different times, are connected by generations of fictional women whose
lives were changed as a result.
BIO WARD: Ward, Jesmyn: MEN WE REAPED
The award-winning author of SALVAGE THE BONES describes the violent deaths of five young men in this searing
memoir about race and rural American poverty.
Friday, July 25, 2014
THE LAST SUMMER OF THE CAMPERDOWNS by Elizabeth Kelly
An affluent Cape Cod family, 1972. Twelve-year-old Riddle encounters something mysterious and terrible; she is too frightened to speak up. Her silence has tragic results. Clever, intense, absorbing.
ENON by Paul Harding
Harding's Pulitzer-winning debut, TINKERS, chronicled the interior life of George Crosby. ENON is his grandson's story: a devastating loss makes chaos of his life. Literary fiction to be savored.
Friday, June 13, 2014
SONGS OF WILLOW FROST by Jamie Ford
William runs away from a Seattle orphanage in search of the movie star he believes is his mother. Another touching story from Ford, author of the much-admired HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET.
RETURN TO OAKPINE by Ron Carlson
In the sixties they were a garage band. Now they reunite,
in this meditation on time and change.
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