ISBN-13: 9780061430251 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Harper, 02/01/2008
"Over the course of one summer month in the Adirondacks in 1936 lives unravel and secrets are revealed in unexpected ways. Combining suspense and drama, Banks is in top form as he explores themes of old money, the working class, love, and honor. Finally, he illustrates how tenuous all our societal and familial roles truly are." --Sarah Bagby, Watermark Books, Wichita, KS
ISBN-13: 9780307265739 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Knopf, 04/01/2008
"Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of stories overflows with insights about the secrets we can hide. While these stories examine the crossing and commingling of Indian and Western cultures, the feelings of pride, love, and loneliness ring true in any society. They are jewels." --Rosemary Pugliese, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
ISBN-13: 9780060515126 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Harper, 05/01/2008
"Louise Erdrich's complex history of the families in a North Dakota, mixed-blood reservation town reveals its secrets slowly through the unique voices of the community. These characters require us to pay attention and to move from psychological and philosophical musing to delightful storytelling full of magic and intrigue. Thoroughly enjoyable." --Kathleen Costello, Maria's Bookshop, Durango, CO
ISBN-13: 9780393041651 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 06/01/2008
"A masterful psychological portrait of three compellingly flawed, very human characters affiliated with a seedy strip club in Florida, where a little girl goes missing. You might cringe at their decisions once you embark on this steamroller of a book, but you'll devour every explosive page!" --Caitlin Doggart, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Chatham, MA
ISBN-13: 9780374299101 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 09/01/2008
"Home is set at the same time and in the same Iowa town as Robinson's novel Gilead, but in a different household, where the children of a dying man return home to care for him and to face the demons of their shared past. Beautifully written, Home is a tender portrayal of families, their secrets, their loves, and their faith." --Donna Hawley, Howard's Bookstore, Bloomington, IN
ISBN-13: 9780061470851 Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability Published: Ecco, 10/01/2008
"Buckle your seatbelts, folks, you are in for an amazing ride. Set in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina during the Depression, this incredible novel is about love, greed, revenge, and survival -- a story told in epic proportions, complete with a Greek chorus of lumberjacks." --Kathryn Fabiani, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison, CT
ISBN-13: 9780688163181 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: William Morrow, 10/01/2008
"A big, booming American novel. Lehane weaves the history of early 20th -century Boston into an engrossing story of race, politics and family -- a wonderful read." --Britton Trice, Garden District Book Shop, New Orleans, LA