Pat's Favorites

Favorite Books: Slow Love, Game Change, Bury Your Dead, This Body of Death

Favorite Authors: Elizabeth George, Louise Penny

Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas, and Found Happiness (Paperback)

By Dominique Browning
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780452297500
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Published: Plume, 8/2011
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Life does not end after you abruptly lose your job, instead a new life begins. A memoir by Dominique Browning written with soft humor and a big heart. A joy to read. -Pat

A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Hardcover)

By Louise Penny
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780312655457
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Published: Minotaur Books, 8/2011
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Louise Penny has evolved from being a very, very good mystery writer to becoming an amazing and extraordinary story teller. Her latest book, "A Trick of the Light" is once again set in Three Pines and delves into the duplicity of the art world, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the complexities of personal relationships. LOVED it! -Pat

Girl in Translation (Paperback)

By Jean Kwok
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781594485152
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Published: Riverhead Trade, 5/2011
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Meet Kimberly Chang, a most remarkable young (11 years old) immigrant from Hong Kong who arrives in this country with her mother to live in a n abandoned building and work in a labor factory, both provided by her "caring" aunt. But Kimberly is not deterred as she navigates a new language, a new culture, and excels despite these obstacles. She is a delight.

- Pat

31 Bond Street (Paperback)

By Ellen Horan
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061773976
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Published: Harper Perennial, 3/2011
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Dateline: NYC 1857 Dr. Harvey Burdell is found murdered in his townhouse at 31 Bond St. The woman living with him, a widow named Emma Cunningham is accused of the horrible crime. This true life inspired novel is not only an excellent suspense story, but also a fascinating window into NYC right before the civil war.

- Pat