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Top New Books Of 2009 II

by Jaclyn Abergas February 17th, 2010 | Choosing Books, New Releases
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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New Releases

by Jaclyn Abergas November 5th, 2009 | Choosing Books, Fiction, New Releases
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. (more...)
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