A finely nuanced, universally resonant portrait of the ties, however strange or awkward, that bind two brothers and their families together through the decades.
The Hummingbird's Daughter by
Luis Alberto Urrea
Hardcover: May 2005
Paperback: 3 Apr 2006 Publication information
A spectacular novel as grand as a western sunset, the story of a girl coming to terms with her destiny, with the miraculous, and with the power of faith. It is the tale of a father discovering what true love is and a daughter recognizing that sometimes true love requires true sacrifice.
Gilead
: A Novel
by
Marilynne Robinson
Hardcover: Nov 2004
Paperback: 1 Jan 2006 Publication information
"Robinson's prose is beautiful, shimmering and precise; the revelations are subtle but never muted when they come, and the careful telling carries the breath of suspense....Robinson truly succeeds in what is destined to become her second classic."
Baker Towers by
Jennifer Haigh
Hardcover: Jan 2005
Paperback: 27 Dec 2005 Publication information
At once nostalgic and refreshingly original, The Family Tree is a sophisticated story of one woman and the generations of women who came before her and whose legacy shaped her life and its emotional landscape.
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