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THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

This #1 New York Times bestseller is a must read for everyone! To enter for a chance to win a trip to Guernsey with your book club, just visit www.takeyourbookclubtoguernsey.com for details, official sweepstakes rules, and restrictions. No purchase necessary. US residents over the age of 18 only. Residents of Florida, New York, and Rhode Island not eligible. All travel must be completed by December 31st, 2009. Other restrictions apply.

THE WHISKEY REBELS
by David Liss

Liss brings his extraordinary brand of historical suspense to an American setting for the first time, with a riveting tale sure to appeal to loyal fans and thrill new readers.
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ON MYSTIC LAKE
by Kristen Hannah

A moving story of love, loss, passion, and the fragile threads that bind families together. Now in a stunning new package.

GREETINGS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE
by Monica McInerney

A charming, clever story about a young woman who jumps into a new life when she moves to Ireland to run a bed-and-breakfast—and her struggles to figure out family and love along the way.
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TRUE HISTORY OF PARADISE
by Margaret Cezair-Thompson

While fleeing her troubled country, Jean Landing's memories and the voices of her grandmothers engulf her, entreating her to stay, warning her to leave.


CHILDREN OF THE WATERS
by Carleen Brice

The story of two sisters separated by hate and brought together by love.


THE PRINCE OF TIDES
by Pat Conroy

The monumental bestseller turned award-winning film, THE PRINCE OF TIDES, explores the scars that bind two siblings to the past, and to one another, and the unlikely love that could heal them both.

BEACH MUSIC
by Pat Conroy

In this masterful novel, a father and daughter run from their troubles to a Roman piazza, only to find that the past holds richer truths and greater glory than either could ever have anticipated.


THE WATER IS WIDE
by Pat Conroy

THE WATER IS WIDE chronicles the soaring triumph of human spirit from an incomparable author — a compelling, true story about the year Pat Conroy gave to an island, and the priceless gifts it gave in return.


A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY
by John Irving

The story of two sisters separated by hate and brought together by love.


THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
by John Irving

The New York Times bestseller and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film, for which Irving won the Oscar for best screenplay/adaptation.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
by John Irving

A comic and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation.


A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR
by John Irving

A multilayered love story of astonishing emotional force. Both ribald and erotic, it is also a brilliant novel about the passage of time and the relentlessness of grief.





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