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RJ Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT 06443
203.245.3959
800.74.READS
books@rjjulia.com

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Sun 10am – 6pm

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Faith Middleton

The Book Show
WNPR-Connecticut Public Radio
90.5 FM Hartford/New Haven
89.1 FM Norwich/New London
88.5 FM Stamford/Greenwich
91.3 FM Southampton
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"My book buddies, Roxanne Coady of R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, Dr. Rose Quiello, lecturer in English at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, and enthusiastic reader Sally Gessner join me in the studio every two weeks. Occasionally Lee Jacobis, author and former professor at the University of Connecticut, drops in as well.

We tell you about the books we've enjoyed recently, and listeners are invited to tell us about your favorite books on line. E-mail us at faithwnpr@aol.com. Tell us in a couple of sentences about an all-time favorite book, or a recent great read, and why you love it. Adults and children are welcome! We'll read your letters over the air."

- Faith Middleton

RECENT BOOKS

Show Date: April13th, 2007

ROXANNE'S PICKS:

The Feminine Mistake
by Leslie Bennetts

A very controversial bookÉthe author states that the biggest mistake a mother can make is to stay home with her kids. Her point is purely financial and economical which states that as soon as a wife/mother is financially reliant on someone else, they lose their identity and independence. The problem with her argument is that there are people who stay at home, raise their kids, and are completely satisfied. And she doesn't raise the fact of the benefits of staying at home.

The Post-Birthday World
by Lionel Shriver

This will be the best beach read. It's about two married couples that are friends and there is an attraction between two of the people. There are then two chapter 2's, two chapter 3's (etc.): one that leaves them with life as they had kissed and one where they didn't kiss. It's fun, different and none of it goes the way you want it to goÉvery fascinating!

The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine

Written by a pioneering neuropsychatrist. This book compares the female brain to the male brain in areas of communication and intimacy. It is a very serious book about the biological differences between men and women.

When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race
by Judith Stone

A non-fiction book telling the story of a young 8-year-old girl in South Africa. The police come to her school and removed her. Turns out the head of the school wrote to the government and felt that she looked colored. After court trials and then change in laws, she wends herself in between these two worlds.

Boomsday
by Christopher Buckley

From one of the funniest writers. This is about the day when 77 million baby boomers retire...will report back next time when I'm finished.

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FAITH'S PICKS:

To My Dearest Friends
by Patricia Volk

A woman has died and her lawyer phones her two best friends to come to the reading of her will. The will advises them to go to a safe deposit box and read the letter. The letter indicates that their dear friend had an affair but with no explanation. The two best friends (who never met and are complete opposites) find themselves trying to come to terms with everything. It's the best, best beach read...lots of witty dialogue and reads very much like a stage play.

The Mistress's Daughter
by A.M. Homes

The author is dark, bizarre and very entertaining. This is a memoir about her being adopted and she finally hears from her biological parents.

White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen
by Walter Scheib

I'm just starting it, but it's fun and interesting about what goes on during all those state dinners.

Saints Behaving Badly: The Cutthroats, Crooks, Trollops, Con Men, and Devil-Worshippers Who Became Saints
by Thomas J. Craughwell

If you investigate the saints, we have the sanitized version. If you look at the historical literature, they were conmen, murderers, devil worshipers. But they completely salvaged their lives and did great acts of humanity and that's how they became saints.

Aftershock: What to Do When the Doctor Gives You--Or Someone You Love--A Devastating Diagnosis
by Jesse Gruman

This is a whole book that takes you through the understanding of what to do if the doctor gives you a devastating diagnosis.

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LEE'S PICKS:

Kate Remembered
by A. Scott Berg

This book is written not as a biography or a memoir, but as a memento. The author knew Katherine Hepburn the last two decades of her life and developed a wonderful friendship with her over the years.

Arguments for Stillness
by Eric Campbell

Campbell works upon the last glacier along the equator in Indonesia. This is a book of poems that are very witty and funny and pokes a lot of fun at pop culture.

Thomas Hardy
by Claire Tomalin

A wonderful book and if you like well written biographies, this is a great read.

Cosmopolis
by Don DeLillo

This is about a 28 year old billionaire man who wants to get his hair cut on a day when the President is in town and creating traffic. In his limo, he is making trades and winds up losing his fortune and then goes into his wife's money.

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ROSE'S PICKS:

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
by Timothy Egan

This is a gripping account of the survivors from the 1930's dust bowl. He focuses not on the people who left (like Grapes of Wrath), but on the people who stayed. It involves, money, politics, greed, and lots of human misery.

Larry's Party
by Carol Shields

Shields has written Snow Diaries and Unless. This is about a man born in the 1950's who leads a mundane, working class life. While in England at Hampton Court, he gets lost in the maze. And he realizes that wrong turns can turn into right turns, and he winds up getting obsessed about mazes. What makes this so wonderful is that the minutia of our lives are turned into these wonderful passages...tiny moments of clarity.

Missing Mom
by Joyce Carol Oates

From one of the most prolific authors of our time, the narrator is a 31-year-old daughter who has disdain for her mother. One day her mother is found murdered. This book is an exploration of grief and mourning and the unknown ability of the process.

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