May we suggest... some recently published trade paperbacks for your personal reading pleasure........ OR ...... as potential suggestions for your book club this fall?

Away by Amy Bloom
The novel starts out on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1925 and travels to the Alaskan frontier as the heroine Lillian Leyb pursues her daughter, life and love.

Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
Having been both widowed and divorced before turning 30, Sydney decides to tutor a teenage girl at her parents’ beach cottage. When the family’s two grown sons arrive, so do old tensions and bitter rivalries.

The Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney
Maggie has grown up in an unconventional household, raised by her aunts and her eccentric grandfather Leo. Twenty years later when Maggie is leaving on her own in New York City , Leo surfaces and wants her help as the family celebrates Christmas in July.

The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Georgia Walker is the owner of a yarn shop in addition to raising a teenage daughter on her own. The knitters who meet on Friday evenings become their extended family and support system, until Dakota’s father reenters their lives. Knitting becomes secondary to the sisterhood that their friendships create for one another. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah At the age of 12, Ishmael fled the rebel army attacking his homeland of Sierra Leone . By 13, the government army had him committing terrible acts of violence. UNICEF was able to rescue him at age 16 and helped him to heal and regain his humanity.

The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
This moving love story begins when Toby Maytree first sees Lou Bigelow riding her bike in postwar Provincetown , MA . It continues for decades as the couple welcome a son, Petie, and develop a friendship with an artist named Deary.

Run by Ann Patchett
Raised by their loving, yet ambitious father Bernard after their mother’s death, Tip and Teddy Doyle are being pushed into politics, despite their own lack of interest. An argument during a blinding snowstorm causes an accident involving a stranger and her child, causing Bernard to focus on keeping all his children safe.

Second Chance by Jane Green
A group of friends gathers for their friend Tom’s memorial service after having gone their separate ways for a number of years. Their reunion causes them to realize the power of their friendship.

Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
The lifelong friendship of Liz and Sarabeth is pushed to the breaking point in their adult years. Surviving the suicide of Sarabeth’s mother as young girls and becoming as close as sisters, the two friends find their relationship threatened by the situation that Liz’s teenaged daughter faces.

Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Three women, friends since high school, reunite on a luxury sailboat crossing the Caribbean . The trip to paradise suddenly becomes a fight for survival after one small mistake triggers a series of devastating events.

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
Two orphaned brothers living in Tokyo in 1939, find their dreams of sumo wrestling and Noh theater masks put on hold due to the ripples of war. The novel looks at tradition and change, loss and renewal and love and family.

Just a reminder: book club selections receive a 15% discount off the cover price.......