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A Lesson in Secrets: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Google eBook)

By Jacqueline Winspear
$12.99
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Published: Harper, 3/2011
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This is another good read in one of my favorite series, featuring Maisie Dobbs. Winspear has really done her homework on this one, as she always does. Maisie finds herself independently wealthy, yet still working as she is asked by the British Secret Service to "spy" on the students and staff at an exclusive college to discover any anti-British activities. When the college president is murdered, Maisie becomes involved in more than just the actions of some future Nazis, but also the murder. It looks like the Brits, like us, were late to the table concerning Hitler. - Recommended by Carol K., Anderson's Bookshop Naperville

Blood, bones, & butter: the inadvertent education of a reluctant chef (Google eBook)

By Gabrielle Hamilton
$11.99
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Published: Random House, 3/2011
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I loved this book. Iron Chef Mario Batali blurbs "I will read this book to my children and then burn all the books I have written for pretending to be anything even close to this. After that I will apply for the dishwasher job at Prune to learn from my new queen." I just want to catch the next plane to New York and head straight to Prune. Gabrielle Hamilton is an extremely talented writer who has had an unusual--to say the least--childhood, marriage, and career and leaves no doubt that she will succeed spendidly while having not the slightest idea what the next step brings. You don't have to be a foodie to enjoy this memoir. - Recommended by Doris, Anderson's Bookshop Naperville

The Paris Wife: A Novel (Google eBook)

By Paula McLain
$12.99
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Published: Ballantine Books, 2/2011
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A fascinating look at one of the greatest American writers - Ernest Hemingway - from the voice of his first wife, Hadley Richardson. It's a well -known story of the first wife who loves her man warts and all, financially supports him who then gets thrown over for the (fill-in-the-blank) woman. This time, however, we meet some of the great writers from the 20th century like Gertrude Stein or F. Scott Fitzgerald. And in Paris and Spain. I couldn't help but notice the similarities between their story and that of Patty Smith in Just Kids - poor, starving artists mixing with the famous and the wealthy. - Recommended by Mary K., Anderson's Bookshop Naperville

Started early, took my dog: a novel (Google eBook)

By Kate Atkinson
$9.99
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Published: Reagan Arthur Books, 3/2011
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Jackson Brodie is my kind of hero--doesn't wear a fancy outfit or change clothes in a phonebooth, but he gets the job done, and I always want to meet up with him again. This time he's trying to help an adopted woman research her biological origins . . . but that's almost beside the point since Kate Atkinson has a way of making the peripheral plotlines so much fun. Like that saying, "it's not the destination, it's the journey," I loved meandering my way to the answers with Jackson. I'd say the theme of the novel is RESCUE, whether that be applied to human or canine. And sometimes the canines even rescue the humans--Jackson can attest to that. - Recommended by Sue B., Anderson's Bookshop Naperville

The Tiger's Wife: A Novel (Google eBook)

By Téa Obreht
$11.99
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Published: Random House Inc, 3/2011
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You don't have to love the stories, folklore, and superstitions of the "old country" as I do, thanks to by beloved Busha, to thoroughly enjoy this novel that takes place in some unnamed Balkan country that has been ravaged by war. Bosnia, perhaps? Young doctor Natalia is grieving the death of her beloved grandfather and sets out to discover the secrets of his past based on the stories he has told her. The "deathless man"? The "tiger's wife"? Read and enjoy. My grandmother would love this one if she could ever read anything other than the "National Enquirer". Yes, that was how she learned to read English. God bless her. - Recommended by Carol K., Anderson's Bookshop Naperville

The Weird Sisters (Google eBook)

By Eleanor Brown
$9.99
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Published: Amy Einhorn Books, 2/2012
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I have to admit, it was the excerpt on the cover that pulled me to the book to begin with: "See, we love each other. We just don't happen to like each other very much." But it was the jewel of a story that I discovered on the inside that captured me. So much so that this was a "one-sit" read, I started it on a Sunday morning and did not move until I had finished the book. You will laugh, you will cry and you will love the Weird Sisters. This is a story that lingers for days after you've finished it. - Recommended by Anderson's Bookshop Downers Grove