An FBI agent, tormented by a death he wasn’t able to prevent, a crime he’s never been able to solve and a love he’s never forgotten, discovers that his true conflict resides not in his past, but in a…Past Life. Haunted by a twenty-year old murder of a beautiful young painter, Lucian Glass keeps his [CONTINUE READING]
HOW TO BE AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE is about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost of breaking free of tradition. Set in California and Japan, it tells the story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who married an American GI as a way of improving her and her family’s fortunes, moved with him [CONTINUE READING]
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Humiliated by his hoofed legs, the flies on his haunches, and the grass in his mouth, a bull named Etre tells his tender and thought-provoking story about the brutal insignificance of cow life at Gorwell Farm. In a world where the line between disgrace and dignity is drawn by a pasture fence, Etre finds himself [CONTINUE READING]
TITLE: Balancing Acts AUTHOR: Zoe Fishman PUBLISHER: Harper Paperbacks PUBLICATION DATE: March 16, 2010 PAGES: 384 pages GENRE: Contemporary Women’s Fiction Charlie seemed to have it all—beauty, brains and a high-paying Wall Street job far away from her simple Midwest upbringing. Then, in the middle of her “quarter life crisis,” she decides that the banker’s [CONTINUE READING]
TITLE: Give Me, Get Me, Buy Me AUTHOR: Donna Corwin PUBLISHER: HCI PUBLICATION DATE: March 1, 2010 PAGES: 216 GENRE: Non-Fiction, Parent Resource Say No. Set Limits. Stop Bratty Behavior in Its Tracks. It’s easy to fall into the ‘entitlement trap.’ You may find yourself so involved with your child’s happiness that you lose sight [CONTINUE READING]
