Tag: 2009 Releases

Title: Still Alice Author: Lisa Genova Publisher: Gallery Books, 2009 Summary/Review: Alice Howland is a psychology professor at Harvard University with 3 grown children.  First, she can’t find her Blackberry, can’t quite remember names and blames it on stress.  But then one day while she’s...

Title: The Devil’s Alphabet Author:  Daryl Gregory Publisher: Random House, November 2009 Summary: Paxton Martin, a preacher’s son, is returning to his hometown of Switchcreek, TN, for the funeral of a childhood friend. Pax left Switchcreek 12 years ago, soon after an outbreak of Transcription...

Title: One Amazing Thing Author:  Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Publisher: Unbridled Books, October 2009 Summary:  There are nine strangers in an Indian visa and passport office who are thrown together when an earthquake hits and leaves them trapped under the rubble. As time passes and there is...

Title: Cranioklepty Author:  Colin Dickey Publisher: Unbridled Books, September 2009 Summary: What do Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart all have in common besides being great composers? For one thing, they all had their skulls, or at least part of their skulls, stolen from their graves. Cranioklepty relates...

Title: 31 Hours Author:  Masha Hamilton Publisher: Unbridled Books, October 2009 Summary:  Carol Meitzner wakes with a feeling of dread. She knows in her heart that her 21 year old son, Jonas, is in trouble. She doesn’t know what kind of trouble or how much,...

Title: Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth Author: Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papademitriou Publisher: Bloomsbury, September 2009 Summary: Bertrand Russell, mathematician, philosopher, pacifist and lightning rod, was one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. This ambitious graphic biography focuses equally on his turbulent personal life and...

Title: The Evolution of Shadows Author:  Jason Quinn Malott Publisher: Unbridled Books, October 2009 Summary:  After having his heart-broken, American photographer Gray Banick travels to Bosnia and into a war zone. Gray’s interpreter Emil, and his mentor Jack, often question Gray about the girl in the...

Title: The Kids are All Right: A Memoir Authors: Diana, Liz, Dan and Amanda Welch Publisher: Harmony, September 2009 Summary: In 1983, the four Welch children lose their beloved father in a tragic car accident, and within months their still-grieving, soap opera-star mother is diagnosed with...

Title: How I Became a Famous Novelist Author: Steve Hely Publisher: Grove Press, July 2009 Summary: Pete Tarslaw writes for a living: He works for a slightly-shady company that rewrites entrance essays for grammar-challenged college and grad school applicants. When he learns that his...

Title: Abandoned Author:  Cody McFadyen Publisher: Bantam, October 2009 Summary: Smoky Barrett is a special agent with the FBI, leading a team that specializes in hunting down and capturing serial killers. While Smoky and several other agents are attending the wedding of one of their...