Let's look at more top books published and released in 2009. Brooklyn: A Novel (Colm Toibin) Set in the 1950s, Brooklyn is the story of Eilis Lacey, a 15-year-old from Enniscorthy, Ireland, who travels to the US after World War II as an immigrant. Sponsored by Father Flood, a priest who travels from Ireland to America and back to help other immigrants find jobs in New York, Eilis left her older sister and mother behind to start a new life in Brooklyn. She has luck finding a job as an employee at a high-end department store, where she meets Tony, an...

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There's a certain feeling in the air. It's starting to get a little colder, a little brighter and a little kinder. It must be Christmas! Are you looking for books about Christmas to get you in the spirit of this festive holiday? 1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Everybody knows the story of A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley, one Christmas Eve. He warns Scrooge that he will never be happy as long as he stuck to his greedy ways and that he will be visited by three ghosts. Just as...

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Catch up in fiction and non-fiction books as we discuss the newest releases in books. Biographies You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs. Relive his past and present Christmas experiences. He recalls how Christmas can bring out the worst and best in every person. Fiction/Literature In A Perfect World by Laura Kasischke is a new novel about marriage and motherhood and people's choices when there seems to be no more choices left. Read More »

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You've heard of comfort foods - the things we eat when we're feeling alone or vulnerable that may not be good for us, but they sure make us feel better. Most of us have a comfortable old robe or pajamas that looks simply awful but give us comfort when we're sick or tired or sad. But what about comfort books? A good book can fill a place in our hearts when we need a boost. A really good book can do it over and over again when we need it most. Finding that book is a beautiful...

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