Lauren Belfer, today's guest blogger and author of A FIERCE RADIANCE, is an amazing storyteller. Just by talking about how she researched her book and sharing some of the real tidbits she uncovered she has completely drawn me in. A FIERCE RADIANCE will definitley be on my "must read" list.
When we think of book clubs or reading groups, we automatically think books and then maybe wine or delicious snacks, but I think sometimes we forget what book clubs are really about. People. People who share our love of reading whether they share our opinions or not.
Editorial content for The Breaking of Eggs
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Sixty-one-year-old Feliks is a naturalized Frenchman, a displaced Pole and former Communist --- and a curmudgeon --- who has made his living writing a yearly travel guide to the countries behind the Iron Curtain. In 1991, with the Curtain now fallen, Feliks finds his beliefs beginning to crumble around him.
About the Book
A debut novel unwinds the tangle of 20th-century history with wit, humor, and humanity.
Sixty-one-year-old Feliks is a naturalized Frenchman, a displaced Pole and former Communist --- and a curmudgeon --- who has made his living writing a yearly travel guide to the countries behind the Iron Curtain. In 1991, with the Curtain now fallen, Feliks finds his beliefs beginning to crumble around him. When a rapacious American publisher offers to buy out his life's work, Feliks must travel to the country he has long despised, and so begins the wry and moving tale of a man who awakens from self-imposed isolation into a changed world he must get to know all over again. So unfolds a story of family, war, politics, a second chance at love, and one man's quest for himself.
Editorial content for Outside the Ordinary World
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Sylvia Sandon always swore she wouldn't become her mother. But one August morning, she finds herself walking the same prodigal path as the fervently religious yet faithless Elaine. . . into an affair she feels powerless to resist.
About the Book
Sylvia Sandon always swore she wouldn't become her mother. But one August morning, she finds herself walking the same prodigal path as the fervently religious yet faithless Elaine. . . into an affair she feels powerless to resist.
Against the backdrop of California brushfires and fundamentalist Christian mores, 12-year-old Sylvia agreed to hold a secret that would devour her family's dream of happiness. She fled her home as the 1970s burned out. Now struggling to create a better life in small town New England, Sylvia nonetheless feels caught in the coils of history: she confronts the embers of own her dying marriage, the all-consuming needs of two daughters and her faltering artistic career. Then Tai Rosen --- the father of her most difficult student --- ignites an unexpected passion and a familiar betrayal that could illuminate the past, even as it jeopardizes everything dear.
OUTSIDE THE ORDINARY WORLD reveals what lies beneath the surface of infidelity. But at its heart, it is the story of the powerful, sometimes disturbing bond between mothers and daughters, and the shimmering line between self-revelation and self-destruction.
An excellent interview with one of our favorites, Lisa Gardner! Check out her latest LIVE TO TELL in stores now!
A beautiful show of support in the book community, libraries and bookstores helping each other in times of need!
In today's post, regular contributor Jamie Layton tells us what books are jumping off the shelves at Duck's Cottage on the Outer Banks. From national and international favorites to works by local authors, Jamie gives us the booksellers view for Summer 2010. Any local favorites in your area?
It looks like this week that our eight regions are taking care of their own! Authors who write and reside in geographic territories saw readers reciprocate in those very regions.
Today’s book clubs in the news post features lives being changed by books, books being changed by technology and Karl Rove. What more could you ask for?
