Anticipation is high for
many upcoming movie releases. Why not read the book first? Check
out trailers and book information on our Movie
Tie-In page.
The
Reader by Bernard Schlink - When he falls ill
on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is
rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes
his lover—then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael
next sees her she is on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches
her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes
that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful
than murder.
Revolutionary
Road by Richard Yates - In the hopeful 1950s,
Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright,
beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home
in the suburbs. They have always lived on the assumption that
greatness is only just around the corner. But now that certainty
is about to crumble.
Choke
by Chuck Palahniuk - Victor Mancini's a sex-addicted medical
school dropout with a problem. He needs to pay for elder care
for his mother, who's got Alzheimer's. So, he comes up with
the perfect scam: pretending to choke in upscale restaurants
and getting “saved” by fellow diners who, feeling
responsible, offer him financial support.
The
Road by Cormac McCarthy - The Road imagines
a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and
his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained
by love. It is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the
best of which we are all capable.
Watchmen
by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons - If you're feeling particularly
daring this winter and want to introduce your book group to
the graphic novel medium, this is the one to start with. The
much-anticipated movie debuts in February 2009.
This month's newest and most promising titles
for book groups!
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Jean
Plaidy
To Hold the Crown
978-0-307-34619-3 | $14.95 |
Three Rivers Press | TR | Available
To Hold the Crown brings readers inside
the genesis of the great Tudor empire: through Henry VII and Elizabeth
of York’s troubled ascensions to the throne, their marriage
and rule, the heartbreak caused by the death of their son Arthur,
and, ultimately, to the crowning of their younger son, King Henry
VIII.
James
Runcie
Canvey Island
978-1-59051-293-7 | $13.95 |
Other Press | TR | Available
It is 1953 in Canvey Island and a storm surge
is flooding the streets. Len and Aunt Violet are out dancing
on the mainland while back at home, Len’s wife, Lily,
and their small son, Martin, fight to stay above the rising
waters, waistdeep in a raging black torrent. This is a story
of changing times in post-war Britain through one family’s
tragedy and loss.
Mary Doria Russell
Dreamers of the Day
978-0-345-48555-7 | $14.00 |
Ballantine | TR | December
Agnes Shanklin has come into a modest inheritance that allows
her to take the trip of a lifetime to Egypt and the Holy Land.
Arriving at the Semiramis Hotel just as the 1921 Cairo Peace
Conference convenes, she is drawn into the company of Winston
Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, and Lady Gertrude Bell, who will,
in the space of a few days, redraw the world map to create the
modern Middle East.
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Toni
Morrison
A Mercy
978-0-307-26423-7 | $23.95 |
Knopf | HC | Available
A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of
a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of Beloved,
A Mercy reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery.
But at its heart it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother
who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and of a daughter
who may never exorcise that abandonment.
978-0-553-38551-9 | $13.00 | Bantam | TR | December
It’s the opportunity Elena Alvarez has been
waiting for–the challenge of running her own kitchen in
a world-class restaurant. With her faithful dog, Alvin, and her
grandmother’s recipes, Elena arrives in Colorado to find
a restaurant in as desperate need of a fresh start as she is–and
a man whose passionate approach to food and life rivals her own.
Jack
Riggs
The Fireman’s Wife
978-0-345-48006-4 | $14.00 |
Ballantine | TR | December
As the low country of South Carolina burns in
a seven-month drought, Cassie Johnson longs for escape: both from
her husband, Peck, the town’s newly promoted fire chief,
who seems more interested in saving everyone else’s life
than in living his own, and from the low country marshes where
Cassie has never quite felt at home.
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