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January 4, 2011

Here's One You Might've Missed

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If, like me, you were intrigued by the Australian setting of THE SLAP by Christos Tsiolkas, you might be interested in checking out another interesting read set in Australia.  Originally published in August of 2009,

—San Francisco Chronicle

—The Vancouver Sun

—Booklist

—The Vancouver Sun

—Julia Fox Garrison, author of DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY

—Brunonia Barry, author of the New York Times bestseller THE LACE READER

—Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the New York Times bestseller THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN

—Jodi Picoult, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of HOUSE RULES and SING YOU HOME

Left Neglected by Lisa Genova

January 2011

LEFT NEGLECTED is by Lisa Genova, who many of you will remember as the author of STILL ALICE,a favorite book of mine from two years ago. In fact, it was one of my first Bets On Picks, making Lisa Genova our first Bets On repeat author. LEFT NEGLECTED is just as brilliant. In it, Sarah Nickerson had a busy life --- a husband, three kids (one a baby), a high-powered job, and a long commute where she always tried to fit in one more thing. Well, she’s flying down the Mass Pike headed to work one morning multitasking, making a call on her cell phone, when she looks up and sees a string of red lights in front of her --- stopped traffic. She cannot stop and rolls her car.

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