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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows |
"I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers."
January
1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and
writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject.
Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she's
never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her
name written inside a book by Charles Lamb...
"Simply
an incredible book! I loved the letter format (aren't we all voyeurs at
heart?), the quirkiness of the characters and, most of all, the romance
of the island of Guernsey. Like Juliet, I had a picture of each
character and could just see them waiting for her at the dock."--Mary K
Member's Price: $17.82(with coupon)
List Price: $22, The Dial Press |
| The Little Book
Selden Edwards |
 The Little Book
is the extraordinary tale of Wheeler Burden, California-exiled heir of
the famous Boston banking Burdens, philosopher, student of history,
legend's son, rock idol, writer, lover of women, recluse, half-Jew, and
Harvard baseball hero. In 1988 he is forty-seven, living in San
Francisco. Suddenly he is-still his modern self-wandering in a city and
time he knows mysteriously well: Vienna. It is 1897, precisely
ninety-one years before his last memory and a half-century before his
birth.
"I loved this gem of a novel. It was definitely worth the
30-year wait it took for the author, Selden Edwards, to get it
published. Drenched in atmosphere, this novel is set mostly in 1897
Vienna when Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, Adolph Hitler, and more
fascinating historical figures are present during
this pivotal time in history - fin de siecle Austria."--Mary Y
Release date August 14! Call to reserve your copy.
Member's Price: $21.02(with coupon)
List Price: $25.95, Penguin |
The Gargoyle
Andrew Davidson |
"Combine Boogie Nights, The English Patient, and The Historian and you have The Gargoyle
and more! A book that drew me in so completely that I never wanted it
to end. The possibilities of where the stories in the book could take
you seemed endless, yet the healing power of pain, love, and story was
what sucked me in from page one. Marianne Engel has to be one of my all
time favorite characters; complex, brilliant, mysterious ,but yet
vulnerable. Gargoyles will never look the same to me again! This is a
read that will stay with me for a long good while!"--Becky Anderson
Member's Price: $21.02 (with coupon)
List Price: $25.95, Random House |
What The World Eats
Peter Menzel |
Ever wondered what a typical meal is like on the other side of the
world? Or next door? Cultural geographers Peter Menzel and Faith
D'Aluisio visited twenty-five families in twenty-one countries to
create this fascinating look at what people around the world eat in a
week. Meet a family that spends long hours hunting for seal and fish
together; a family that raises and eats guinea pigs; a family that
drinks six gallons of Coca-Cola a week.
Member's Price: $18.62( with coupon)
List Price: $22.99, Ten Speed Press |
Heart in the Right Place
Carolyn Jourdan |
 "Let's
see . . . a six-figure income on Capitol Hill vs. working for the
country Doc wiping up bodily fluids & x-raying goats? What is the
'right place' when it comes to life choices? This memoir is charming,
funny & heartwarming. Just what the doctor ordered!"--Candy
List Price: $14.95, Workman |
Out Stealing Horses
Per Pettersen |
 Trond's
friend Jon often appeared at his doorstep with an adventure in mind for
the two of them. But this morning was different. What began as a joy
ride on "borrowed" horses ends with Jon falling into a strange trance
of grief. Trond soon learns what befell Jon earlier that day-an
incident that marks the beginning of a series of vital losses for both
boys.
At age sixty-seven, Trond has settled into a rustic cabin in
an isolated part of eastern Norway to live the rest of his life with a
quiet deliberation. A meeting with his only neighbor, however, forces
him to reflect on that fateful summer. Petterson's subtle prose and
profound vision make Out Stealing Horses an unforgettable novel.
"I so thoroughly enjoyed the writing and the way Trond
gradually describes the fateful events of the summer of 1948.
Fans of Astrid and Veronika will love this."--Carol
Member's Price: $11.34 (with coupon) List Price: $14, Picador | |
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