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by Ann Patchett
The fifth novel from the acclaimed author of Bel Canto is a provocative and moving read. The Doyle family, comprised of three sons and their widowed father, live daily with the loss of their mother and wife respectively. The youngest two sons are biological brothers who are black and who have been adopted into a white family. How they all address the future and the accidents that befall them and cause changes in their relationships sets the stage for the full scope of human relations to play out, including family, parenthood, love, class, race and belonging. Highly recommended!
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DK Publishing
This hardcover book for kids from DK Publishing is an innovative exploration of the world of travel. It peels back the roof of jumbo jet, follows a day in the life of Grand Central Terminal, pulls apart a classic car, and looks at the luxury of life aboard a modern cruise ship. Divided into three categories Water, Land, and Air, the book explores the technology, history, and impacts of nearly every form of transport. Timelines that open each chapter, fold-out features, incredible photography and illustrations create a fabulous visual experience for the reader. Recommended for a gift!
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
by Mary Roach
Author Roach describes her book as follows: “This is a book for people who would like very much to believe in a soul and in an afterlife for it to hang around in, but who have trouble accepting these things on faith. It's a giggly, random, utterly earthbound assault on our most ponderous unanswered question.” This fantastically compelling guide to the afterlife is systematically researched and leaves few stones unturned which leads to pointed interviews with scientists, mystics, psychics, and lay people and great reading. Roach is the also the author of the acclaimed Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and most recently, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Sex and Science.
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The Knitting Circle: A Novel
It's not necessary to be a knitter to understand this poignant novel that charts the pain and grief of losing a child and the healing that eventually emerges from the actual and metaphorical knitting in a group of fellow knitters. Hood's own loss of her daughter makes this semi-autobiographical novel unflinching in its portrayal.
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