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“The Hearts of Horses”
By Molly Gloss
Set in Oregon in the winter of 1917, “The Hearts of Horses” is a heartwarming story of a determined young woman with a gift for gentling wild horses.
With an elegant sweetness and a pitch-perfect sense of western life reminiscent of Annie Dillard, Gloss's breakout novel is a remarkable story about the connections between people and animals and how they touch one another in the most unexpected and profound ways.
This acutely observed, often lyrical portrayal has as much to say about people as about horses. (New in trade paper.)
“Song Yet Sung”
By James McBride
Escaped slaves, free blacks, slave-catchers and plantation owners weave a tangled web of intrigue and adventure in best-selling memoirist (“The Color of Water”) McBride’s intricately constructed and impressive novel, set in pre-Civil War Maryland. Liz Spocott, a beautiful young runaway slave, suffers a head wound just before being nabbed by a posse of slave catchers.
Kidnappings, gunfights and chases ensue as Liz drifts in and out of her visions, which serve as a thoughtful meditation on the nature of freedom and offer sharp social commentary on contemporary America.
McBride hasn’t lost his touch: He nails the horrors of slavery as well as he does the power of hope and redemption. (New in trade paper.)
“Things I’ve Been Silent About”
By Azar Nafisi
Nafisi’s book about clandestine gatherings with other Iranian women to discuss works of Western literature, “Reading Lolita in Tehran”, became an unlikely best seller. In her new, equally compelling memoir, she affirms her belief in the power of literature and the need to speak the truth.
“Things I’ve Been Silent About” was the heading for a list Nafisi kept in her diary of painful subjects, primary among them her contentious relationship with her bitterly unhappy mother.
Recognizing that her mothers story, and her own, are inextricably meshed with the history of Iran, Nafisi, with diligence and candor, breaks her silence about family traumas and offers a unique and clarifying perspective on Iranian life.
“Eon: Dragoneye Reborn”
By Alison Goodman
Inspired by Asian culture, Goodman weaves a fantasy with contemporary themes about gender identity and female power.
Because women are forbidden to study Dragon magic, 16-year-old Eona disguises herself as Eon, a 12-year-old boy, to compete to be an apprentice Dragoneye, a communicant with one of 12 energy dragons.
Entangled politics and fierce battle scenes provide a pulse-quickening pace, while the intriguing characters add interest and depth.
Eon’s pivotal acceptance of her femininity, so ruthlessly repressed by both herself and her culture, gives this intricate fantasy particular weight. (Ages 12 and older.)
Compiled by manager Susan Beck at The Book Seller, 107 Mill Street, Grass Valley, 272-2131.
By Molly Gloss
Set in Oregon in the winter of 1917, “The Hearts of Horses” is a heartwarming story of a determined young woman with a gift for gentling wild horses.
With an elegant sweetness and a pitch-perfect sense of western life reminiscent of Annie Dillard, Gloss's breakout novel is a remarkable story about the connections between people and animals and how they touch one another in the most unexpected and profound ways.
This acutely observed, often lyrical portrayal has as much to say about people as about horses. (New in trade paper.)
“Song Yet Sung”
By James McBride
Escaped slaves, free blacks, slave-catchers and plantation owners weave a tangled web of intrigue and adventure in best-selling memoirist (“The Color of Water”) McBride’s intricately constructed and impressive novel, set in pre-Civil War Maryland. Liz Spocott, a beautiful young runaway slave, suffers a head wound just before being nabbed by a posse of slave catchers.
Kidnappings, gunfights and chases ensue as Liz drifts in and out of her visions, which serve as a thoughtful meditation on the nature of freedom and offer sharp social commentary on contemporary America.
McBride hasn’t lost his touch: He nails the horrors of slavery as well as he does the power of hope and redemption. (New in trade paper.)
“Things I’ve Been Silent About”
By Azar Nafisi
Nafisi’s book about clandestine gatherings with other Iranian women to discuss works of Western literature, “Reading Lolita in Tehran”, became an unlikely best seller. In her new, equally compelling memoir, she affirms her belief in the power of literature and the need to speak the truth.
“Things I’ve Been Silent About” was the heading for a list Nafisi kept in her diary of painful subjects, primary among them her contentious relationship with her bitterly unhappy mother.
Recognizing that her mothers story, and her own, are inextricably meshed with the history of Iran, Nafisi, with diligence and candor, breaks her silence about family traumas and offers a unique and clarifying perspective on Iranian life.
“Eon: Dragoneye Reborn”
By Alison Goodman
Inspired by Asian culture, Goodman weaves a fantasy with contemporary themes about gender identity and female power.
Because women are forbidden to study Dragon magic, 16-year-old Eona disguises herself as Eon, a 12-year-old boy, to compete to be an apprentice Dragoneye, a communicant with one of 12 energy dragons.
Entangled politics and fierce battle scenes provide a pulse-quickening pace, while the intriguing characters add interest and depth.
Eon’s pivotal acceptance of her femininity, so ruthlessly repressed by both herself and her culture, gives this intricate fantasy particular weight. (Ages 12 and older.)
Compiled by manager Susan Beck at The Book Seller, 107 Mill Street, Grass Valley, 272-2131.
