Calibre library
Henry's Sisters [February 24, 2012]
Cathy Lamb
Cathy Lamb, the acclaimed author of Julia's Chocolates and The Last Time I Was Me, delivers her most heartwarming novel to date as three sisters reunite during a family crisis.Ever since the Bommarito sisters were little girls, their mother, River, h...
The Violets of March [February 24, 2012]
Sarah Jio
A Library Journal Best Books of 2011 Award RecipientA heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author. In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from...
Girl in Translation [February 24, 2012]
Jean Kwok
When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life-like ...
Fear of Flying [February 24, 2012]
Erica Jong
The 30th Anniversary special!Originally published in 1973, the ground-breaking, uninhibited story of Isadora Wing and her desire to fly free caused a national sensation—and sold more than twelve million copies. Now, after thirty years, the iconic nov...
The Soldier's Wife [February 24, 2012]
Margaret Leroy
"An unexpected gem... The war is played out in a macro and a micro fashion in Vivienne's lovelife, giving real emotional punch to the story... The novel demonstrates that to attempt to step outside of history is a dereliction of one's duty, even if d...
The Power of One [February 24, 2012]
Bryce Courtenay
In 1939, hatred took root in South Africa, where the seeds of apartheid were newly sown. There a boy called Peekay was born. He spoke the wrong language–English. He was nursed by a woman of the wrong color–black. His childhood was marked by humiliati...
The Privileges: A Novel [February 24, 2012]
Jonathan Dee
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Dee's four prior novels (Palladio; etc.) cast an intelligent, calculating eye on the culturally topical, which sparked comparisons to the writings of Updike, DeLillo and Franzen. The wedding of Adam and Cynthia M...
The Night Strangers: A Novel [February 24, 2012]
Chris Bohjalian
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Skeletons at the Feast, and Secrets of Eden, comes a riveting and dramatic ghost story. In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been seal...
The Perfect Christmas [February 24, 2012]
Debbie Macomber
What would make your Christmas perfect?For Cassie Beaumont, it's meeting her perfect match. Cassie, at thirty-three, wants a husband and kids, and so far, nothing's worked. Not blind dates, not the Internet and certainly not leaving love to chance.Wh...
Chasing Amanda [February 24, 2012]
Melissa Foster
"Secrets make this tale outstandin." Hagerstown Magazine."Great mix of suspense, paranormal, and character." NYT Bestselling Author, Joni Rodgers."...compelling, character-driven mystery with a paranormal edge." --Honest Indie Book Reviews."To say th...
The Next Thing on My List [February 24, 2012]
Jill Smolinski
“You’ll be hooked by this charming story. . . . Smolinski gives us a quick-witted heroine . . . with just the right amount of romance and a tad of suspense.” —Richmond Times-DispatchAfter a car accident in which her passenger, Marissa, dies, June Par...
The Night Circus [February 24, 2012]
Erin Morgenstern
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque de...
The Litigators [February 24, 2012]
John Grisham
ReviewPRAISE FOR *THE CONFESSION *“Brilliant . . . Superb . . . the kind of grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story that demands to be inhaled as quickly as possible.” *—Washington Post *“One of Grisham’s best efforts in many seasons . . . a ro...
The Marriage Plot [February 24, 2012]
Jeffrey Eugenides
A New York Times Notable Book of 2011A Publisher's Weekly Top 10 Book of 2011 A Kirkus Reviews Top 25 Best Fiction of 2011 Title One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2011A Salon Best Fiction of 2011 titleOne of The Telegraph’s Best Fiction Books of...
Bossypants [February 24, 2012]
Tina Fey
Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one d...
Before I Go to Sleep [February 24, 2012]
S. J. Watson
"As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I’m still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me. . . ." Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every ...
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