By Paulo Coelho
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian
With Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, September 10, 2013. 7:30 PM.

A fable about undauntingly following one's dreams, listening to one's heart, and reading life's omens features dialogue between a boy and an unnamed being.

By Garth Stein
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian
With Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference, Lisa Jones, Readers' Services Librarian, Sonia Grgas, Health Reference Librarian, Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

“He Said, She Said” Book Discussion
Join us for a special evening to celebrate a year of great books and discussions.

Monday, December 19, 2011. 7:30 PM.

Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher’s soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe’s maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.

By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“The Carousel is about what happens when life doesn't turn out the way that we planned. Beyond a love story, it is about faith, loyalty, and sacrifice (From the Publisher).”

By Melody Carlson
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless … When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing. But can she keep her past a secret (From the Publisher).”

By Melody Carlson
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“When an abandoned dog finds its way to Betty Kowalski's house during the Christmas season, she reluctantly takes it in and learns that Christmas is truly the season of giving (From the Publisher).”

By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

"A successful but heartless businessman sees his own obituary in the newspaper after a case of mistaken identity, setting in motion a 109 of events that profoundly changes the lives of several people who have suffered due to his ruthless business practices (From the Publisher)."

By Mitch Albom

Killed in a tragic accident, Eddie, an elderly man who believes that he had an uninspired life, awakens in the afterlife, where he discovers that heaven consists of having five people explain the meaning of one's life.

By Mitch Albom
Recommended By Kalpana Mehta, Reference Librarian

“… retired baseball player Charley "Chick" Benetto-facing the pain of unfulfilled ambitions, alcohol abuse, divorce, and estrangement from a grown daughter-returns to his abandoned childhood home and attempts suicide in a bungling fit of rage. He encounters the spirit of his deceased mother, Pauline "Posey" Benetto, who Chick thoughtlessly took for granted … (Publisher’s Weekly).”

By Jean Kwok
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

A resolute yet naïve Chinese girl confronts poverty and culture shock with equal zeal when she and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn.

By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“Presents an inspirational tale of hope, love, and faith set during the holiday season of 1962, as portrayed in the lost innocence of a young girl running away from her abusive stepfather and a boy determined to protect her (From the Publisher).”

By Diane Hammond
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

“Having devotedly cared for a lone elephant at a dilapidated zoo for more than forty years, Samson hopes to be able to retire when he hires promising assistant Neva, who forces Samson to acknowledge that the elephant also needs the company of her kind (From the Publisher).”

By Francine Rivers
Series Marta's Legacy
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

“The first in an epic two-book saga, this sweeping story explores the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters over several generations… Each woman is forced to confront her faulty but well-meaning desire to help her daughter find her God-given place in the world (From the Publisher).”

By Dan Walsh
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation

“A reluctant war hero returns home and encounters a new chance at love….Dan Walsh does not disappoint in this tender story of family ties and the healing of a broken heart (From the Publisher).”  

By Richard Bach

More concerned with the dynamics of his flight than with gathering food, Jonathan is scorned by the other seagulls.

By Richard Bach
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

A redesigned edition of the inspirational classic follows the self-discovery journey of a bird whose love for flight and determination to follow his heart enables him to exceed his potential and become a model for other misfits.

By Lisa Genova
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk
With Lisa Jones, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, August 30, 2011. 1 PM & 7:30 PM.

In the prime of her life, a woman's fate takes a tragic turn when a devastating car accident leaves her crippled with a debilitating brain disorder.

By Richard Paul Evans
Series The Locket
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“An ex-minister, sometime gambler, and fugitive from justice, Hunter Bell comes to the aid of Quaye MacGandley, a beautiful young Irish woman, abused and abandoned by a brutal husband, and together these two lost and wounded people find a way to bring healing to each other (From the Publisher).”

By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“Laid off from his sales rep job, Robert Paul decides to pursue his dream of becoming a writer and unexpectedly pens a best seller, but when his new world compromises his marriage, he receives unexpected guidance from a stranger who has an uncanny knowledge about his life and future (From the Publisher).”

By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

"Beth Cardall faces the need to reveal a secret she has been keeping for eighteen years since Christmas Day of 1989, when she encountered a mysterious, handsome stranger named Matthew who changed the course of her life (From the Publisher)."

By Dan Walsh
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation

“Aaron Miller, once appreciated for his heroics in battle, now works in obscurity as a handyman, but discovers that the love that he lost can be restored (From the Publisher).”

By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

"After her fiance calls off their marriage a week before the wedding, heartbroken Christine Hollister reluctantly agrees to accompany her friend Jessica to Peru to do volunteer work in an orphanage, where she meets American doctor Paul Cook (From the Publisher)."

By Mitch Albom
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

“Given one last chance at redemption, Father Time, the inventor of the world’s first clock, must teach two earthly people the true meaning of time - a journey that leads him to a teenage girl who is about to give up on life and a wealthy businessman who wants to live forever.”

By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

When his partner betrays him and his wife dies, an inconsolable Alan Christoffersen leaves most of his worldly possessions behind and sets off on a soul searching journey from Washington to Florida.