
October 2009
Fall and fiction are a classic combination like just-pressed cider and freshly-made donuts. We're delighted to bring you this month's superb selections guaranteed to complement your favorite autumn treat.
The literary world is buzzing about Kurt Vonnegut's Look at the Birdie, a collection of previously unpublished stories. Readers and reviewers have lavished praised on A.S. Byatt's Man Booker Prize-nominated The Children's Book. For those who prefer to discover new writers, we recommend Therese Walsh's exquisite debut The Last Will of Moira Leahy.
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The Children's Book Written by A.S. Byatt
A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the Booker Prize–winning author of Possession, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers upon a famous children’s book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves. Also available as an unabridged audio CD, eBook and an unabridged audiobook download.
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An Echo in the Bone Written by Diana Gabaldon
Readers have been waiting with bated breath for the seventh volume in bestselling author Diana Gabaldon's epic Outlander saga -- a masterpiece of historical fiction featuring Jamie and Claire, from one of the genre's most popular and beloved authors. Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
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Chronic City Written by Jonathan Lethem
The acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a roar with this gorgeous, searing portrayal of Manhattanites wrapped in their own delusions, desires, and lies. Also available as an eBook and an unabridged audiobook download.
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Look at the Birdie Written by Kurt Vonnegut
This collection of fourteen previously unpublished short stories were written just as Kurt Vonnegut was starting to find his comic voice. In this series of perfectly rendered vignettes, Vonnegut paints a warm, wise, and funny portrait of life in post—World War II America–a world where squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. Also available as an eBook.
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The Professional Written by Robert B. Parker Read by Joe Mantegna
A knock on Spenser's office door can mean only one thing: a new case. With its eloquently spare prose and some of the best supporting characters to grace the printed page, The Professional is further proof that "[t]here's hardly an author in the crime novel business like Parker" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). Also available as an unabridged audiobook download.
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Indignation Written by Philip Roth
Indignation, Philip Roth's twenty-ninth book, is a startling departure from the haunted narratives of old age and experience in Roth’s recent books and a powerful exploration of a remarkable moment in American history. Also available in large print.
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The Last Will of Moira Leahy Written by Therese Walsh
This haunting debut novel explores the intense bond of sisterhood as a grieving twin searches for her own identity in the ruins of her sister's past.
"An original, intriguing tale about the ways that love can break us or bind us." –Therese Fowler, author of Souvenir and Reunion
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Frostbite Written by David Wellington
For Cheyenne Clark, there's a bad moon on the rise . . .
There's one sound a woman doesn't want to hear when she's lost and alone in the Arctic wilderness: a howl.
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Thirsty Written by Tracey Bateman
"Thirsty is more than a run-of-the-mill vampire story. I loved the way Tracey Bateman incorporated the struggle against alcoholism into the theme. Great writing and a compelling read!" –Colleen Coble, author of Lonestar Secrets and the Rock Harbor series Also available as an eBook and an unabridged audiobook download.
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The Sweet In-Between Written by Sheri Reynolds
Kenny Lugo has grown up in a family that's not really hers. She has always been consumed by the ways in which she is different--and inherently unworthy--so the unjust death of a young woman with everything to live for becomes an obsession. Hers is a story of an unforgettable young woman whose redemption comes from a source she never would have imagined.
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
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