Patience's Picks

It’s hard to pick favorites, but my tastes tend toward fiction, particularly historical fiction, and memoirs. I will also read almost anything about being on the water, from Stuart Little on his sailboat in Central Park to accounts of ’round-the-world ocean racing and cruising. Sailing—or reading about it—is where you’ll find me when I’m not at the bookstore.

Shantaram

by Gregory David Roberts

Shantaram may be "messy and over the top," as one reviewer described it, but once you get started you can't put it down and you don't want it to end. It's an epic saga of love, loyalty, crime, and war, ranging from Australia to Bombay and Afghanistan.

Dog Years

by Mark Doty

Dog Years is an alternately heart-warming and heart-wrenching memoir by poet Mark Doty. With humor and love, Doty examines the power of dogs to infiltrate every corner of our lives and our hearts.

The Sum of Our Days

by Isabel Allende

In The Sum of Our Days, Isabel Allende continues the family history she first recounted in Paula. Children, grandchildren, and friends become the focus as her family learns first to live with the exquisite pain of their loss and then ultimately to thrive and flourish

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So Many Authors Among Us, Readings and Signings by Local Authors, Including Patti Brooks, Christina Cody, the Constant Waterman (Matthew Goldman), Ron Janson, David Klein, and Tom Santos

Local authors, including Patti Brooks, Christina Cody, the Constant Waterman (Matthew Goldman), Ron Janson, David Klein, and Tom Santos, will discuss and sign their works at Bank Square Books, Saturday, August 21, at 11:00 a.m.

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Susan Betters Will Discuss and Sign Her Mystery, Detective Brodie: Death of a Millionaire

Susan Betters will discuss and sign her mystery, Detective Brodie: Death of a Millionaire, at Bank Square Books, Saturday, September 11, at 1:00 p.m.

Staff Picks

The Wet Nurse's Tale

by Erica Eisdorfer

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