Adult Books

March, by Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, ISBN 9780143036661, $14.00

A rich tale, that brings the civil war to life through the eyes of Captain March, the beloved father in Louisa May Alcott’s novel, Little Women. Captain March goes off to war, leaving behind his family, to aid the Union Army. What he experiences changes his life completely.

Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, by Ayelet Waldman, Anchor Books, ISBN 9781400095131, $13.95

When Emilia loses her newborn child, she embarks on a journey through love, loss and the pursuit of what family means to her.

Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, Algonquin Books, ISBN 9781565124998, $23.95

An engaging novel that takes place in a time past and almost forgotten. Fate will bring the characters, Jacob, Marlena and Rosie the Elephant, together during the early part in the Great Depression to forge their future as part of Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.

The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner, ISBN 9780743247542, $14.00

Well’s memoir of her dysfunctional childhood with eccentric parents, is an amazing tale of love family and survival.

The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak, Knopf, ISBN 9780375831003, $23.95

Narrated by Death himself, this is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young foster girl, living in Nazi Germany during WWII. Liesel makes her living by stealing and she finds herself particularly drawn to books and is soon stealing books from Nazi-book burnings and wherever else she can find them. As Liesel learns to read, she shares the books she has collected.

Eat, Pray, Love, One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, by Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, ISBN 9780143038412, $15.00

A truly uplifting and inspiring memoir. Gilbert will take you on her remarkable and witty journey traveling abroad and her healing journey within. Laugh with her as she fills her belly, fills her soul and fills her heart.