2013

STAFF PUBLICATIONS: Letters from Skye

By Jessica Brockmole - Published 2013

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Letters from Skye is a love story told in letters, a favorite form in English novels since the 17th century, which draws us ...Read Review

I’ll Be Seeing You

By Loretta Nyhan - By Suzanne Hayes - Published 2013

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During World War II, 4-H Clubs would extend their programs to help lonely soldiers’ wives with a pen-pal scheme. Glory Whitehall and Rita ...Read Review

Ratlines

By Stuart Neville - Published 2013

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Thriller

Ireland, in the summer of 1963, is preparing for a visit from U.S. President John F. Kennedy when a series of murders draws ...Read Review

Grace’s Pictures

By Cindy Thomson - Published 2013

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InspirationalRomance

Grace McCaffery needs a new start. She travels from Ireland to America at the turn of the 20th century, hoping to find that ...Read Review

Astor Place Vintage

By Stephanie Lehmann - Published 2013

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Amanda Rosenbloom, the owner of a vintage clothing store in Manhattan, is having a hard time. Her store’s lease is up, she ...Read Review

The Assassin’s Mark

By David Ebsworth - Published 2013

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Thriller

Spain is in the grip of Civil War, the year is 1938 and the war is not over, but General Franco is so utterly ...Read Review

Rose Under Fire

By Elizabeth Wein - Published 2013

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Children/Young Adult

Rose Justice is an eighteen-year-old American pilot who travels to England in August 1944 and joins the Air Transport Auxiliary. Rose, a budding poet, ...Read Review

Manuscript Found in Accra

By Margaret Jull Costa (trans.) - By Paulo Coelho - Published 2013

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Literary

The entire plot of Manuscript Found in Accra occurs in the first ten pages. Coelho is the recipient of a translation of some ...Read Review

Murder by the Book

By Eric Brown - Published 2013

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Mystery/Crime

Donald Langham now writes about crimes rather than solving them. A prolific mystery novelist in 1955 London, he’s happy with his sedate life, ...Read Review

Knight Crusader

By Ronald Welch - Published 2013Published c1954

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Children/Young AdultMilitary

Ronald Welch won the Carnegie prize in 1954 for Knight Crusader, an action packed tale of a young Norman nobleman from Outremer, Philip d’...Read Review