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

Mon-Sat: 9am – 9pm
Sun 10am – 6pm

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Show Date: October 1, 2004

Sally's Picks:

Travels with Charley: In Search of America
by John Steinbeck

A marvelous account of the road trip that Steinbeck took in 1960 with his poodle, Charley, to see how the country had changed since the thirties. Made more interesting by the fact that a Connecticut woman, Vicki Cain, is currently retracing Steinbeck's trip with her Australian Shepherd, Judy. You can follow her odyssey on the web at travelswithjudy.com.

Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane

A new book by the author of Mystic River. Set in 1954, this tells the story of US Marshall Teddy Daniels, his new partner, Chuck Aule, and their assignment to an island prison in Boston Harbor housing the criminally insane. Dark and twisty with a dramatic ending!

Tears of the Giraffe: Unabridged Audio Cassette
by Alexander McCall Smith; read by Lisette Lecar

This is the second book in Alexander McCall Smith's series about Precious Ramotswe's #1 Ladies Detective Agency in Botswanna. Marvelous and comic, this is a particularly great one to listen to - the narrator, a South African, does a remarkably good job in telling the tale.

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Rose's Picks:

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
by Sue Monk Kidd

A memoir from the author of The Secret Life of Bees. Raised as a Southern Baptist, Sue Monk Kidd, in her mid-fifties, finds that she is no longer comfortable with her role in that belief system, and sets out in search of a new one more in tune with where she sees herself. This is a book for anyone who is looking to live a more authentic life.

Dog is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendship
by The Bark Editors (The Bark is a 'hip, literary' dog quarterly out of Berkeley, CA)

A collection of essays and short stories about the ways that dogs integrate themselves into the fabric of our lives. A wonderful collection of writers, including Alice Walker, Ann Patchette, and Pam Houston among others. These stories are uplifting, reassuring, and at times very funny. A great gift for dog lovers.

Talk Before Sleep
by Elizabeth Berg

From the author of Durable Goods and The Art of Mending, this is Elizabeth Berg's most popular book. It is the story of the friendship between Anne, a middle-aged nurse, introspective and contemplative, and Ruth, adventurous and vibrant, and how that relationship changes and develops as Ruth begins to die of cancer.

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Lee's Picks:

The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens

A fascinating story by a classic writer. This has one of the most incredibly evil villains in literature - Qwilp - who is out to get the virtuous Little Nell and her grandfather. The final chapter is so poignant and moving that it was deemed the most popular piece of literature of its time!

Blue Highways: A Journey Into America
by William Least Heat-Moon

A most wonderful book. The author takes a trip across the country to "find himself", a trip in which he avoids the main highways in favor of back roads - the blue lines on the map. Rich in personal experience and encounters with everyday America - including the 'three calendar' rule for diners!

Cover Her Face
by P. D. James

Set at Martingale House, somewhere in England, where a new brash and brazen maid, Sally Jupp, is found strangled in her (locked) bedroom. This is the first of the Adam Dalgliesh mysteries where everyone is a suspect, and Dalgliesh's cool observations provide the final key. All of the peripheral characters are terrifically realized.

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Faith's Picks:

The Guess Who What When & Where Picture Trivia Book Series: Movie Edition
by Dave Cutler

A picture-based trivia game with stills from 150 all-time favorite movies and a set of trivia questions to go with them.

Lessons in Lightness: The Art of Educating The Horse
by Mark Russell with Andrea W. Steele

A step-by-step program, using the theories and techniques of the old masters of dressage, to train both horse and rider to do almost anything together.

Help Me to Heal: A Practical Guidebook for Patients, Visitors, and Caregivers
by Bernie S. Siegel and Yosaif August

Strategies and resources for being healthy while hospitalized and convalescing, from the noted physician and surgeon. A useful guide in an frequently overlooked area.

Gilgamesh: A New English Version
by translated by Stephen Mitchell

A wonderful new translation of mankind's oldest written tale. Written a thousand years before Homer's Odyssey, this is the story of the king of Uruk (present-day Iraq) and his voyage of self-discovery where he learns that friendship can bring peace to an entire city; that a pre-emptive attack on a monster may have dire consequences; and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it has been abandoned.

The Little Women
by Katherine Weber

A new book which updates Louisa May Alcott's Little Women by placing the characters into contemporary times and situations. More a play of ideas than a novel.

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And From Our Listeners:
Tom Trombley of Canterbury, Connecticut recommends this historical novel by Rosemary Sutcliff: