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The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books; 1 edition (January 11, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1565126800
Back-of-the-book blurb: This is the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy.
With her strict African American grandmother as her new [...]
Clara’s Kitchen: Wisdom, Memories, and Recipes from the Great Depression by Clara Cannucciari and Christopher Cannucciari
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (October 27, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0312608279
Back-of-the-book blurb: Clara Cannucciari is a 94 year-old grandmother whose Great Depression Cooking videos have an army of devoted followers. In Clara’s Kitchen, she gives readers words of wisdom to buck up America’s spirits, [...]
Here Comes the Garbage Barge! written by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Chris Sickels (Red Nose Studio)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade; 1 edition (February 9, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0375852183
Back-of-the-book blurb: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Teaching environmental awareness has become a national priority, and this hilarious book (subtly) drives home the message that we can’t produce [...]
Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life by Frances Mayes
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Broadway (March 9, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0767929820
Back-of-the-book blurb: Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life in Tuscany, encompassing both the changes she has experienced since her earlier memoirs appeared, and sensuous, evocative reflections on the timeless beauty [...]
Pieces of Happily Ever After by Irene Zutell
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (September 1, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0312540098
Back-of-the-book blurb: What happens after “happily ever after”? Alice Hirsh is about to find out…
Alice was adapting, raising her 5-year-old daughter while trying to keep her job and make her new house a home. When her attorney husband lands a [...]
Selected Shorts, A Celebration of the Short Story: American Classics (Audio CD set)
Publisher: Symphony Space (April 1, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1934033128
Back-0f-the-box blurb: Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the Selected Shorts program that airs nationwide. More than 300,000 [...]
The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Washington Square Press; Original edition (March 9, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1439121986
Back-of-the-book blurb: Twenty-nine-year-old Lindsey Rose has long lived in the shadow of her beautiful fraternal twin sister, Alex. Determined to get noticed, Lindsey is finally on the cusp of a major promotion at the elite New York advertising agency where she [...]
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books; 1 edition (January 5, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1565129771
Back-of-the-book blurb: He placed a notice in a Chicago paper, an advertisement for “a reliable wife.” She responded, saying that she was “a simple, honest woman.” She was, of course, anything but honest, and the only simple thing about her [...]
The Power of Half: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back by Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (February 10, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0547248066
Back-of-the-book blurb: It all started when 14-year old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice in the world, had a eureka moment when a homeless [...]
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