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Heart and Soul

Heart and Soul
by Maeve Binchy
Published 2009 by Knopf Publishing Group

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780307265791

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With the warmth, humor, and compassion readers have come to expect from her, Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new in Ireland. With the insight, humor, and compassion we have come to expect from her, Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland.... More...

 

 
Tree of Smoke

Tree of Smoke
by Denis Johnson
Published 2008 by Picador USA

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780312427740

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From the author of "Jesus' Son" comes this long-awaited follow-up--a National Book Award-winning tale of two American families swept up in the secrets and lies of the Vietnam war. Winner of the National Book Award

One of the "New York Times" 10 Best Books of the Year
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Bridge of Sighs

Bridge of Sighs
by Richard Russo
Published 2008 by Vintage Books USA

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781400030903

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A magnificent, big-hearted new novel and an astounding achievement ("The Boston Globe," this national bestseller is from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Empire Falls." Louis Charles Lynch (also known as Lucy) is sixty years old and has lived in Thomaston, New York, his entire life.... More...

 

 
American Wife

American Wife
by Curtis Sittenfeld
Published 2009 by Random House Trade

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780812975406

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A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. In her small Wisconsin hometown, she learns the virtues of politeness, but a tragic accident when she is seventeen shatters her identity and changes the trajectory of her life.... More...

 

 
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