Peace on Earth

Check out our display on the lower level of the library featuring novels about charity, generosity and kindness.

The Gift by Cecelia Ahern

Although he's dealing with his own issues, workaholic businessman Lou Suffern decides to give a homeless man, Gabe, a job in his company's mail room. The mysterious Gabe seems to always be in two places at once and now he's meddling in Lou's private affairs, however, he eventually teaches Lou a valuable lesson. By the author of P.S. I Love You. 

The Giving Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverni

When the creative residents of Elm Creek gather the week after Thanksgiving to work on quilts for Project Linus, they respond to Sylvia's provocative questions to alleviate respective personal challenges and learn helpful lessons about the strength of human connections. (Publisher Summary)

Byron Easy by Jude Cook

Sitting on a train at King's Cross Station on Christmas Eve in 1999, a suicidal, half-drunk poet reflects on his rollercoaster life in London, his marriage to his half-Spanish Amazonian wife and the turbulent events that have culminated in a disturbing plan awaiting him at the end of his journey. (Publisher Summary)

Librarian's Picks

Check out our Librarian's Picks display for October! This month's selection includes the following titles, plus many others:

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: (Bildungsromans)
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son, in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day. (Publisher Summary)

The Tooth of Time by Sue Henry: (Mystery Fiction; a Maxie and Stretch Mystery)

Heading for New Mexico in her mini-Winnebago, Maxie McNabb and her dog, Stretch, find their cross-country odyssey interrupted by the attempted suicide of a local woman despondent over the infidelity of her middle-aged husband. (Publisher Summary)

Mrs. Lincoln's Rival by Jennifer Chiaverini: (Historical Fiction)

A follow-up to Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker traces the rivalry between the daughter of an antebellum presidential cabinet member and the 16th President's wife, the former of whom becomes the bride of governor William Sprague and one of the most highly regarded women of her day. (Publisher Summary)

Sisters

This month, our Reader's Fiction Display located in the lower level of the library features novels about sisters - by choice or by birth:

The Wedding Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini:

Meditating on the weddings she has attended in Elm Creek Manor throughout the years on the morning of her daughter, Caroline's, wedding day, Sarah McClure evaluates the symbolic features on a painstakingly made wedding quilt designed to display the signatures of beloved guests.

I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass:

Follows the intertwined lives of two sisters--Louisa Jardine, the conscientious older sister who yearns for a good marriage, an artistic career, and a family; and her younger sister Clem, an iconoclastic, daring rebel--over the course of twenty-five years.

The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally:

Joining the war effort as nurses in 1915, two spirited Australian sisters, carrying a guilty secret, become the friends they never were at home and find themselves courageous in the face of extreme danger as they serve alongside remarkable women during the first World War.

The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine:

A modern tale inspired by Sense and Sensibility finds financially strapped literary sisters Miranda and Annie moving in with divorcée Betty in a run-down Connecticut beach cottage, where they find love among the suburban aristocracy.

Novel Destination: Hawaii

Visit Hawaii from the comfort of your home when you check out one of the great Hawaii-themed adventures now on display at your Community Library!  Selections include books by well-known authors (Swimsuit by James Patterson, The Aloha Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini, Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs) as well as hidden gems like Pele's Tears by Sharon K. Garner, a love story in which a Hawaiian woman returns home in search of a family treasure, or Under a Maui Moon by Robin Jones Gunn, an inspirational tale about a woman who escapes to Hawaii looking for solutions to her shaky faith and crumbling marriage.  Click here for the full list, compiled by librarian Genive P.  Did we miss any of your favorite Hawaii reads?  Comment!