By Jennifer Haigh

This novel depicts life in postwar Pennsylvania through the struggles of one widow trying to raise five children.

By Marcus Zuzak
With Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers' Services

Wednesday, January 27, 2010.  7 PM.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel - a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

By Peter Golenbock

Reminiscences about the most beloved baseball team of all times.

By Abraham Verghese
Recommended By Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk

Twin brothers born from a secret love affair between an Indian nun and a British surgeon in Addis Ababa, Marion and Shiva Stone come of age in an Ethiopia on the brink of revolution, where their love for the same woman drives them apart.

By Leo Tolstoy

The first major fictional work published by Tolstoy; this short novel reflects the author’s struggle to find the meaning of life.

By Elizabeth Gilbert
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian
With Lisa Jones, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, November 30, 2010.  1 PM & 7:30 PM.

After a failed marriage Gilbert sets off to discover her true self by eating in Italy, praying in India and finding love in Indonesia.

Became the movie: Eat, Pray, Love.

By Krystyna Chiger
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

“Chiger's exceptional story of a small Jewish girl stands out among the many Holocaust survival narratives as one that will touch the hearts of teens and adults alike and bring home the horrors of this very dark period in history (School Library Journal Review).”

By Tana French
Series Dublin Murder Squad

Dublin murder squad detective Cassie Maddox assumes the identity of a murder victim.

By Chris Cleave

A confrontation between a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan, called Little Bee, and a wealthy British couple on vacation, has life-changing consequences for everyone involved.

By David Grann

Interweaves the story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who vanished during a 1925 expedition into the Amazon, with the author's own quest to uncover the mysteries surrounding Fawcett's final journey and the secrets of what lies deep in the Amazon jungle.

By Richard Price

“With its perfect dialogue and attention to the smallest detail, Price's latest reminds readers why he's one of the masters of American urban crime fiction (Publishers Weekly).”

By Tatiana de Rosnay
Recommended By Susan L., Library Page

American Journalist Julia Jarmond researches the brutal 1942 Nazi roundup in Paris and stumbles upon a connection between her family and one of the victims, which compels Julia to learn more about the girl's life.

By Laura Hillenbrand
Recommended By Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk

"Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938… Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race (From the Publisher)."

By Jane Alison

Compelling memoir recounts how her parents divorced and switched partners and children with another couple they met in Australia.

By Greg Mortenson
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Dangerously ill after his attempt to climb K2, the world’s second tallest mountain, Greg Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeks by the small Pakistani village of Korphe. In return, he promised to build the impoverished town’s first school, as project that grew into the Central Asia Institute, which has since constructed more than 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.

By Thrity Umrigar

In the years following the death of their seven-year-old son, the Benton’s witness the steady deterioration of their marriage. The couple seeks a fresh start in India.

By Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

A novel written in letters from Bess Steer Garner spanning from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1940’s.

Became the TV mini-series: A Woman of Independent Means.

By T.C. Boyle

A story of women who invest everything, at great risk, in that mysterious "bank of feeling" named Frank Lloyd Wright.