JANUARY 2013
Canada
By Richard Ford
LITERARY - Dell Parsons, a retired high school English teacher, reflects back on his life and the events that changed it forever. (**** SELECTION July/Aug 2012)
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The Lifeboat
By Charlotte Rogan
LITERARY - Thirty-nine survivors are adrift in an overcrowded and possibly sinking lifeboat. (**** SELECTION July/Aug 2012)
Home
By Toni Morrison
LITERARY - The Nobel laureate explores the perilous journey of 24-year-old Korean War veteran Frank Money to save his younger sister. (**** July/Aug 2012)
In One Person
By John Irving
LITERARY - In his 13th novel, Irving turns to issues old--sexuality--and issues new--gender identity. (**** July/Aug 2012)
Death Comes to Pemberley
By P. D. James
CRIME - A mystery is set in the world of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. (**** SELECTION Mar/Apr 2012)
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
By Jennifer E. Smith
YOUNG ADULT - Two teens fall in love over 24 hours. (**** SELECTION May/June 2012)
Born Wicked
The Cahill Witch Chronicles, Book One
By Jessica Spotswood
YOUNG ADULT - In an alternate 1890s New England, a religious Brotherhood controls all aspects of life. A trio of female witches doesn't quite fit in. (**** July/ Aug 2012)
Anatomy of Injustice
A Murder Case Gone Wrong
By Raymond Bonner
GENERAL - When a white woman is murdered, blame falls on a black, mentally handicapped man. It turns out the justice system was wrong. (**** May/June 2012)
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Barack Obama
The Story
By David Maraniss
BIOGRAPHY - The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author searches for clues to the character and motivation of the man who would become America's 44th president. (**** Sept/Oct 2012)
The Lives of Margaret Fuller
A Biography
By John Matteson
BIOGRAPHY - Matteson won a Pulitzer Prize for his dual biography of Bronson and Louisa May Alcott; here he examines the life of the 19th-century writer and leading figure in New England transcendentalism. (**** May/June 2012)
The Man Within My Head
By Pico Iyer
BIOGRAPHY - The...
