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Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians By Ralph White Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781982195175
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Published: Simon & Schuster - April 4th, 2023

White's memoir reads like a thriller you will not want to put down and his writing makes the reader feel a part of this incredible journey.  In April 195 White is transferred from Thailand to Saigon to close the Chase Manhattan branch of the bank and evacuate the 50+ Vietnamese employees and their dependents before Saigon falls.  A reminder to never give up.

                                               - Pat


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We Begin at the End By Chris Whitaker Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250759689
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - April 12th, 2022

This is the gripping story of 13 year-old Duchess Day Radley and her younger brother Robin. He is sweet and loving, she is scrappy, obstinate, mouthy, revengeful, loyal and protective of her brother and beautiful but damaged mother Star. Also, there is Sheriff Walker who has been friends with Star since they were children and tries to keep an eye on the family. A shattering event upends the children’s lives and propels Walker to investigate those involved. I loved Duchess and her code of honor and I did not want the story to end. I hope you find it as captivating as I did. Pat


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Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love By Kim Fay Cover Image
By Kim Fay
$24.00
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ISBN: 9780593419335
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 8th, 2022

This novel is an intimate exploration of friendship through letters.  It will lift your spirits and propel you into the kitchen to whip up a dish to share with a friend.  Delightful!

                                                  - Pat


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Seed to Dust: Life, Nature, and a Country Garden By Marc Hamer Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781771647687
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Published: Greystone Books - May 4th, 2021

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The Darkest Evening: A Vera Stanhope Novel By Ann Cleeves Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250204509
Published: Minotaur Books - September 8th, 2020

Imagine you are dropped into Northumberland during a blizzard. You meet DI Vera Stanhope who is trying to get home and because of the swirling, blowing snow she takes a wrong turn. As she navigates a bend in the road, she comes upon a car off the road, driver's door wide open and inside a toddler strapped into his car seat. This is just one of the many puzzles DI Stanhope must unravel.

Cleeves does a masterful job of putting the reader beside Vera as she navigates through the suspects' lives as well as the landscape. Bring a scarf! - Pat


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Three Hours in Paris (A Kate Rees WWII Novel #1) By Cara Black Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781641292580
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Published: Soho Crime - March 30th, 2021

Warning!  There is no turning back once you begin reading Three Hours In Paris.  Why is Kate Rees recruited by British Intelligence?  What is she doing in Paris during WWII?  And why is she carrying a sniper rifle?  Learn all this and more as we follow her trying to outmaneuver her German pursuers.    - Pat


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Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris By David King Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780307452900
Published: Crown - June 5th, 2012

This book is a fast-paced true story of murder in Paris during the Nazi occupation. A house with a chimney emiting a noxious smelling smoke, an inspector who was the inspiration for Simenon's Inspector Margret, and a cunning doctor are part of what makes this a true murder mystery. -Pat


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Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero By Christopher McDougall Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781524732363
Published: Knopf - October 15th, 2019

What an inspiring, funny, and informative story - I absolutely loved it! Take one part donkey rescue, one part caring community in Amish country, and one part animal lover, and one part burro racing and you have the make up of a read you will not be able to put down. -Pat


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Big Sky (Jackson Brodie #5) By Kate Atkinson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316523097
Published: Little, Brown and Company - June 25th, 2019

Atkinson's Jackson Brodie may be a private eye, but Big Sky is so much more than Brodie tracking down information for a client. This is a novel that keeps you turning the pages for more of the characters and insights into their lives. The seedy is balanced with humor. -Pat


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The Great Alone: A Novel By Kristin Hannah Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250229533
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - September 24th, 2019

Grab this book if you want to read a story you cannot put down and do not want to end. I was transported in time and place, met a family in crisis, a community on the cusp of change, characters I wanted as friends because of their unwavering support and a landscape both beautiful and cruel. This is a story of a strong young woman. -Pat


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The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: A Novel By Juliet Grames Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062862822
Published: Ecco - May 7th, 2019

“Stella Fortuna: With a name like this, she should not be subjected to so many near-death accidents. Is she unlucky or cursed? Juliet Grames does a masterful job of parsing out Stella’s story, from growing up in an isolated mountain village to immigrating to America and navigating the perils of a patriarchal society along the way. This story explores familial bonds, discontentment, betrayal, and the damage of keeping secrets. Readers, get comfortable because you will not want to put this book down. I loved Stella.” -Pat


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Hope on the Inside By Marie Bostwick Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781496709257
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Published: Kensington - March 26th, 2019

This is Marie's best book to date!

Hope Carpenter is at a crossroads. Her husband has lost his job and she needs to find employment. She is hired at the local prison to teach crafts to the women inmates. She must find a common ground and inspire these women to believe they can make something of themselves.

Heartwarming! -Pat


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The River: A novel By Peter Heller Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780525521877
Published: Knopf - March 5th, 2019

Wynn and jack are best friends canoeing the Maskwa River in Canada, camping and fishing to supplement their supplies. Suddenly their trip turns sinister...

I could not stop turning the pages! Heller is a master storyteller whose descriptions of the wilderness are spare and poetic. -Pat


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Golden Child: A Novel By Claire Adam Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780525572992
Published: SJP for Hogarth - January 29th, 2019

A beautifully written novel about families, life in Trinidad, and the consequences of decisions.

Meet Clyde, his wife Joy, and their twin sons Peter and Paul. One is a "genius," the other a "troublemaker."

What begins as an exploration of family dynamics and the beauty and evil of Trinidad soon evolves into a heartbreaking thriller. -Pat


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Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food By Ann Hood Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780393249507
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - December 4th, 2018

This collection of essays explores Hood's growth as a woman and cook from girlhood through life's most enduring memories of family and food.

She is honest, funny, and loving as she shares recipes that nurtured her and those around her. -Pat


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The Masterpiece: A Novel By Fiona Davis Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781524742973
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Published: Dutton - July 9th, 2019

In this novel Davis captures the people and places of NYC during the '20s.

Virginia Clay wanders through Grand Central Station and discovers a partially hidden drawing in one of the dust-ridden rooms in the upper level in 1974.

This discovery and her relentless pursuit of the history of the drawing coincides with the push for landmark status for GCS. -Pat


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A Place for Us: A Novel By Fatima Farheen Mirza Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781524763558
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Published: SJP for Hogarth - June 12th, 2018

This book has it all! Family relationships, faith, love, misunderstandings. I wanted to rush through it to find out what happens to each character and yet I didn't want it to end. -Pat


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The Shadow Land: A Novel By Elizabeth Kostova Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780345527875
Published: Ballantine Books - March 13th, 2018

Travel to Sofia, Bulgaria and meet Alexandra Boyd (newly arrived from the U.S.) and her cab driver "Bobby" (also a poet and activist) as they try to locate the owners of a bag inadvertly kept by Boyd. There are plenty of twists and turns in this engrossing tale which introduces the country Bulgaria and the historical nuances of its people and politics both compassionate and evil. -Pat


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Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) By Min Jin Lee Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781455563920
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - November 14th, 2017

Pachinko is an engrossing tale of a Korean's family struggle when their daughter becomes pregnant and her lover abandons her. She marries and they move to Japan to join her new husband's family. There begins the immigrant's story of betrayal, poverty, and desire for a better life. I did not want this book to end. -Pat


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Celine: A novel By Peter Heller Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780451493897
Published: Knopf - March 7th, 2017

Celine is a PI specializing in missing persons and is more successful at it than the FBI. This aging investigator is tenacious, tough, smart, and wise. Celine is asked to investigate the suspicious death of a young woman's father. Celine and Pete embark on a journey that is as unexpected as their discovery. -Pat


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The Promise Girls By Marie Bostwick Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781496709219
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Published: Kensington - March 28th, 2017

"The Promise Girls will steal your heart and take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions. You'll wish you could move in next door to Joanie, Meg, and Avery and be their friend. This is Marie Bostwick at her very best." -Pat


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Garden of Lamentations: A Novel (Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels #17) By Deborah Crombie Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062271648
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - November 14th, 2017

Escape to London with husband and wife detectives Kincaid and James in Deborah Crombie's Garden of Lamentations. You'll be engaged in the twists and turns, murder, and corrupt police as the main characters must determine who to trust. -Pat


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The Comet Seekers: A Novel By Helen Sedgwick Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062448767
Published: Harper - October 11th, 2016

The Comet Seekers by Helen Sedgwick opens with Roisin, a scientist, and Francois, a chef, meeting at a research facility in Antarctica. She plans to study comets and he has signed on as the chef. We learn about their individual lives in chapters named for comets and how they feel those comets impacted their lives. There is love and loss experienced under the spellbinding beauty of the comets. -Pat


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My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel By Elizabeth Strout Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780812979527
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - October 11th, 2016

"This is one of my favorite books this year. Lucy Barton is confined to a hospital bed for several weeks after an operation during which her mother visits for five days. This is Lucy Barton's story." -Pat


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Lilac Girls: A Novel (Woolsey-Ferriday) By Martha Hall Kelly Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781101883075
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Published: Ballantine Books - April 5th, 2016

Lilac Girls is a page-turning, historical novel which spans WWII and covers event in Poland, Spain, and the U.S. Kelly does a fine job weaving events, and the lives of three women as their fates interconnect. I couldn't put this down. -Pat


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Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel By Fredrik Backman Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781501142536
Published: Atria Books - May 3rd, 2016

Can Britt-Marie find a place where she truly belongs (after leaving her cheating husband)? Can she survive a job as a caretaker of a soon-to-be-demolished recreation center? As a coach for the worst soccer team in Borg? An entertaining, laugh-out-loud journey. -Pat


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The Cuckoo's Calling (A Cormoran Strike Novel #1) By Robert Galbraith Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316206853
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Published: Mulholland Books - April 29th, 2014

Quirky charaters and multiple plots will keep you engaged. Adding a dash of humor to the mix rounds out the story. Follow up with Silkworm and Career of Evil (on sale 10.20.15) -Pat


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Shantaram: A Novel By Gregory David Roberts Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780312330538
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - October 1st, 2005

Pat's pick!! Come in to ask her why she "couldn't put this one down."


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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair: A Novel By Joel Dicker Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780143126683
Published: Penguin Books - May 27th, 2014

"I loved it!" -Pat


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The Kept: A Novel By James Scott Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062236654
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Published: Harper Perennial - January 6th, 2015

"I loved it!" -Pat


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Good Grief: Life in a Tiny Vermont Village By Ellen Stimson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781581572551
Published: Countryman Press - October 6th, 2014

You just have to look at life's challenges with the right perspective like Ellen. We've all experienced some of what she writes about, but her humor and storytelling abilities will make you want to claim her as a friend. -Pat
 


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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman By Robert K. Massie Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780345408778
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - September 18th, 2012

Pat's Pick AND a Hickory Stick Book Club Selection!


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Angelica's Smile (An Inspector Montalbano Mystery #17) By Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli (Translated by) Cover Image
By Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli (Translated by)
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ISBN: 9780143123767
Published: Penguin Books - June 24th, 2014

Pat's pick!


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Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy #1) By Kevin Kwan Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780345803788
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Published: Anchor - May 20th, 2014

Pat loved it!


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The Accident By Chris Pavone Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780385348454
Published: Crown - March 11th, 2014

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl By Jonathan C. Slaght Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780374228484
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 2020

One party field study, one part adventure, and one part danger, mixed with an elusive owl, eccentric locals, frozen or thawing rivers equals a nature based thriller!  I could not put this down and I thank Slaght for this magnificent story about the Blakiston Fish Owl.

                                                              - Pat


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The Good House: A Novel By Ann Leary Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250043030
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Published: Picador - October 1st, 2013

Pat loved it!


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The Accident By Chris Pavone Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780385348454
Published: Crown - March 11th, 2014

Pat loved it!


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The Paris Library: A Novel By Janet Skeslien Charles Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781982134198
Published: Atria Books - February 9th, 2021

I loved the characters at the American Library in Paris: Odile, Mrs. Reeder, Bitsi, Boris, Margaret and the subscribers for their passionate love of books, trying to help others and trying to survive the WWII occupation. The story alternates between WWII Paris and Montana in the 1980s where Odile, now a recluse, meets young Lily who is trying to navigate bullying and the loss of her mother. What an ending! Pat


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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend By Katarina Bivald Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781492623441
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Published: Sourcebooks Landmark - January 19th, 2016

What could possibly happen to a young woman from Sweden who travels to Iowa  to meet her pen pal?  I loved this charming novel!

                               - Pat