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2006 Favorite Books by Debut Authors
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The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 9 Oct 2007
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| A love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us, a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and that we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter and, in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life. |
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Dairy Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 4 Jun 2007
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| A well-written story written in a pitch-perfect teenage voice. D. J. Schwenk is an unforgettable character: A football-loving 15-year-old who takes over running her family's small Wisconsin dairy farm when her dad is injured. Like the rest of her family, she is not much of a talker - but when she meets Brian, a snooty quarterback assigned to her for football training, she finally learns to speak her mind. |
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Water for Elephants: A Novel
by Sara Gruen
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 26 May 2007
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| An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932 illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. Winner of the 2007 BookBrowse Award for Most Popular Book. |
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The Stolen Child: A Novel
by Keith Donohue
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 8 May 2007
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| Inspired by the W.B. Yeats poem that tempts a child from home to the waters and the wild, The Stolen Child is a modern fairy tale narrated by the child Henry Day and his double. |
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl
Hardcover: Aug 2006
Paperback: 24 Apr 2007
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| A darkly hilarious coming-of-age novel and a richly plotted suspense tale told through the distinctive voice of its heroine, Blue van Meer. |
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An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography
by Paul Rusesabagina
Hardcover: Apr 2006
Paperback: 1 Mar 2007
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| The riveting life story of hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina who, as his country was being torn apart by violence during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, sheltered more than 12,000 members of the Tutsi clan and Hutu moderates, while homicidal mobs raged outside with machetes. |
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The Dreamwalker's Child
by Steve Voake
Hardcover: Apr 2006
Paperback: 1 Mar 2007
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| A young boy, in a coma after an accident, wakes up in a new world full of danger and aventure. |
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The Madonnas of Leningrad
by Debra Dean
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: 20 Feb 2007
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| The ravages of age are taking their toll on Marina, an elderly Russian woman. While she cannot hold on to fresh memories, her distant past is preserved: vivid images of her youth in war-torn Leningrad, and the exquisite masterpieces of the Hermitage Museum. |
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