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Week of May 28, 2012

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Week of May 28, 2012

In her first book since THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Joan Didion has now written with stunning frankness BLUE NIGHTS, a book about her daughter, Quintana Roo, as well as thoughts and fears about having children and about growing old.

In HEARTWOOD by Belva Plain, Iris Stern is an old-fashioned woman living in a modern time. Stress on her daughter, granddaughter, husband, and herself will cause an age-old secret about the family to come out, and it seems as though it may tear the family itself apart. But like the inmost rings of a tree that abide through the generations, Iris will be as strong as heartwood.

Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington - Fiction

 

At once universal and very personal, ALICE BLISS is a transforming story about those who are left at home during wartime, and a teenage girl bravely facing the future.

Blue Nights by Joan Didion - Memoir

 

In her first book since THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Joan Didion has now written with stunning frankness about her daughter, Quintana Roo, as well as thoughts and fears about having children and about growing old.

Bullfighting: Stories by Roddy Doyle - Fiction/Short Stories

 

Anyone looking for a guide to the psyche of the middle-aged man would do much worse than to settle down with Roddy Doyle’s outstanding new collection of 13 stories. Set, with one exception, in present-day Dublin and its environs, they offer the literary equivalent of an MRI of the souls of a troubled, yet sympathetic, group of men. Reviewed by Harvey Freedenberg.

The Dog Who Came in From the Cold: A Corduroy Mansions Novel by Alexander McCall Smith - Fiction

 

The heartwarming, hilarious second installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of Alexander McCall Smith's newest, already-beloved characters, including the Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay.

The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation by Elizabeth Letts - Biography

 

Elizabeth Letts tells the remarkable story of Snowman and Harry de Leyer, the inseperable horse and rider who became unlikely champions in the 1958 National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 

Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross - Thriller

 

A family's long-buried past resurfaces with deadly consequences in this electrifying new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of RECKLESS.

Heartwood by Belva Plain - Fiction

 

Iris Stern is an old-fashioned woman living in a modern time. Stress on her daughter, granddaughter, husband, and herself will cause an age-old secret about the family to come out, and it seems as though it may tear the family itself apart. But like the inmost rings of a tree that abide through the generations, Iris will be as strong as heartwood.

Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer - Fiction

 

Set against a beautiful Nantucket summer, this page-turning new novel dramatically explores the corrosive consequences of secrets, and the undeniable power of love.

The Kingdom: A Fargo Adventure Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood - Thriller/Action & Adventure

 

Sam and Remi Fargo are used to hunting for treasure, but they find themselves hunting for people when an investigator friend of theirs is deemed missing.

The Magician King by Lev Grossman - Fantasy

In this sequel to THE MAGICIANS, Quentin and his friends are now kings and queens of Fillory, but a life of royal luxury goes wrong when a magical ship brings Quentin back to his parents' house in New England.

Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan - Fiction

Three generations of women converge on the family beach house in this wickedly funny, emotionally resonant story of love and dysfunction from the author of the bestselling debut novel COMMENCEMENT.

Sanctus by Simon Toyne - Thriller

 

A man climbs a cliff face in the oldest inhabited place on earth, a mountain known as the Citadel. But this is no ordinary ascent. It is a dangerous and symbolic act. Few people understand its consequence. But for foundation worker Kathryn Mann and a handful of others, it’s evidence that a revolution is at hand.

The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon - Historical Fantasy

 

Lord John Grey --- aristocrat, soldier and occasional spy --- finds himself in possession of a packet of explosive documents that exposes a damning case of corruption against a British officer. But they also hint at a more insidious danger.

The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice - Fiction

 

This is a heart-warming yet heart-wrenching portrait of three far-flung sisters who come home to Martha's Vineyard one last time.

Soft Target by Stephen Hunter - Thriller

In Stephen Hunter's latest breakneck thriller, ex-Marine sniper Ray Cruz confronts a group of murderous terrorists who have laid siege to America’s largest shopping mall.