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Recommended by Andrea. Read her review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/943854113?book_show_action=false&page=1
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Recommended by Melissa. Read her review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/963547073?book_show_action=false&page=1
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Recommended by Melissa, who calls it a beautifully written story.
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Recommended by Nate.
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A 2013 staff nonfiction favorite recommended by staffer Ellen J. Read her review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/589804339
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Book 3 in the humorous Junior Bender mystery series, recommended by Jo.
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Recommended by Andrea, Jo, Connie and Jane.
Andrea writes:
Elin Hilderbrand came to speak at Aspen Drive in June, and she was so impressive: a strong, inspiring woman who came out to Chicago for her book tour despite a recent cancer diagnosis and mastectomy! Even if she had canceled her visit, though, I would still have written a glowing review of this book. It’s a perfect summer read.
The Matchmaker centers on Dabney Beech, a woman who is at the heart of the Nantucket Island community. On the outside, her life is absolutely perfect: she runs the Chamber of Commerce, is married to a brilliant and famous Harvard professor, and is generally beloved by everyone on the island. And she’s known for her skills as a matchmaker: she has unerring instincts about couples and has successfully matched forty-two of them.
Yet things aren’t quite as rosy as they seem. Due to a phobia she acquired in childhood, Dabney refuses to leave the island unless her life literally depends on it. Her daughter Agnes is engaged to a man who, Dabney sees clearly, is not right for her. And the love of Dabney’s life, Agnes’s biological father, has suddenly returned to Nantucket after a twenty-seven year absence. To top it all off, she has not been feeling well recently, but continues to brush off her symptoms as lovesickness. Coping with all these unsettling developments, Dabney finds that her comfortable, settled life is about to change for good.
Most of the time I was reading this book, I had a lump in my throat. And for me, that’s not a bad thing. It doesn’t mean the book is terribly sad, because it isn’t. It’s just that it contains characters that are irresistible and moving. I fell in love with Dabney almost from the start. Her kindness and goodness just seemed to spill off the page and make her real; she was almost angelic without ever being maudlin. We need more Dabneys in the world!
Andrea writes:
Elin Hilderbrand came to speak at Aspen Drive in June, and she was so impressive: a strong, inspiring woman who came out to Chicago for her book tour despite a recent cancer diagnosis and mastectomy! Even if she had canceled her visit, though, I would still have written a glowing review of this book. It’s a perfect summer read.
The Matchmaker centers on Dabney Beech, a woman who is at the heart of the Nantucket Island community. On the outside, her life is absolutely perfect: she runs the Chamber of Commerce, is married to a brilliant and famous Harvard professor, and is generally beloved by everyone on the island. And she’s known for her skills as a matchmaker: she has unerring instincts about couples and has successfully matched forty-two of them.
Yet things aren’t quite as rosy as they seem. Due to a phobia she acquired in childhood, Dabney refuses to leave the island unless her life literally depends on it. Her daughter Agnes is engaged to a man who, Dabney sees clearly, is not right for her. And the love of Dabney’s life, Agnes’s biological father, has suddenly returned to Nantucket after a twenty-seven year absence. To top it all off, she has not been feeling well recently, but continues to brush off her symptoms as lovesickness. Coping with all these unsettling developments, Dabney finds that her comfortable, settled life is about to change for good.
Most of the time I was reading this book, I had a lump in my throat. And for me, that’s not a bad thing. It doesn’t mean the book is terribly sad, because it isn’t. It’s just that it contains characters that are irresistible and moving. I fell in love with Dabney almost from the start. Her kindness and goodness just seemed to spill off the page and make her real; she was almost angelic without ever being maudlin. We need more Dabneys in the world!
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Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea is a timely book. This journey recounts the story of three teenage girls from a small Mexican village. One of them has realized there are few men left in their village. The reason is banditos have made it impossible for the men to make a living in their own hometown. The girls watch the movie "The Magnificent Seven" and decide they have to go to the United States to bring back seven men to keep the banditos from taking over.
You will learn what people endure to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S.A. It is a tale where we all learn what motivates people to risk their lives in this perilous journey to save not only themselves but the people they love and work with daily.
Reviewed by Carolyn Z.
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You will learn what people endure to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S.A. It is a tale where we all learn what motivates people to risk their lives in this perilous journey to save not only themselves but the people they love and work with daily.
Reviewed by Carolyn Z.
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Recommended by Andrea. Check our catalog: http://encore.cooklib.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sin%20the%20electric%20mist%20burke__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=pearl