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The Book of the Week newsletter highlights a different title from the Greene County Public Library each week which is featured on LITE 99.9 and MIX 107.7.



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Book of the Week - 06/13/11

Request a copy of Year of Wonders

Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks

A young woman comes of age during an extraordinary year of love and death as she and her community are tested by one of the greatest catastrophes ever to befall England. This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the Plague Village, in the rugged mountain spine of England in 1666. Read More... | Request a copy

 
Book of the Week - 06/06/11

Request a copy of Remarkable Creatures

Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier

From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring comes this stunning novel of how one woman's gift transcends class and social prejudice to lead to some of the most important discovers of the 19th century. Read More... | Request a copy

 
Book of the Week - 05/30/11

Request a copy of Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral

Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
by Kris Radish

The bestselling author of Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn introduces five singular women about to embark upon a most remarkable--and inspiring--journey. Read More... | Request a copy

 
Book of the Week - 05/23/11

Request a copy of The Grace of Silence

The Grace of Silence
by Michele Norris

Norris, host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered, set out to write a book about the hidden conversation on race and in doing so unearthed painful family secrets--from her father's shooting by the Birmingham police within weeks of his discharge from service in World War II to her grandmother's peddling pancake mix as an itinerant Aunt Jemima. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
Book of the Week - 05/16/11

Request a copy of Still Missing

Still Missing
by Chevy Stevens

On the day she was abducted, Annie O'Sullivan, a thirty-two year old realtor, had three goals--sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever- patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all. Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent as the captive of psychopath in a remote mountain cabin, which unfolds through sessions with her psychiatrist, is a second narrative recounting events following her escape--her struggle to piece her shattered life back together and the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
Book of the Week - 05/09/11

Request a copy of The Postmistress

The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake

Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, The Postmistress is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women--and of two countries torn apart by war. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
Book of the Week - 05/02/11

Request a copy of The Skin Map

The Skin Map
by Stephen Lawhead

Kit Livingstone's great-grandfather has re-appeared with an unbelievable story--one explorer knew the pathways to other worlds and tattooed his map onto his skin. Rival factions are in desperate competition to recover it and regain Paradise. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
Book of the Week - 04/25/11

Request a copy of I'd Know You Anywhere

I'd Know You Anywhere
by Laura Lippman

An edgy, utterly gripping tale of psychological manipulation that will leave readers racing to the final page, I'd Know You Anywhere is a virtuoso performance from acclaimed, award-winning author Lippman that is sure to be her biggest hit yet. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
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