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Staff Picks in Large Print--Spring 2006
 THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger FicIn this fine debut novel, we are witness to a great love and the harsh realities of someone afflicted with “Chrono-Displacement Disorder” or time traveling. Not really science fiction, this novel deals with a host of issues including relationships, art, culture and loss. Alison Li |
 FIVE AGAINST THE SEA: A TRUE TALE OF COURAGE AND SURVIVAL by Ron Arias 910.45 Five Costa Rican fishermen were struck by a huge storm in 1988. Facing thirty foot waves, sharks, and leaky boats, this true story is a testament to the tenaciousness of the human spirit in the face of truly daunting conditions. Susan LaFantasie |
 EMPIRE RISING by Thomas Kelly Fic New York, 1930. The Empire State Building is soaring to unheard of heights even as the country is sinking into the depths of depression. This is literary pulp fiction at its best complete with graft, gangsters, Irish immigrants, politics and a rollicking good plot. Ron Woods |
 KEEPING WATCH by Laurie King Fic Alan Carmichael can’t hold his life together. After a horrifying stretch in Viet Nam and years of aimless wandering, he finds his purpose in life. An article in the paper telling of a former friend’s children being kidnapped leads him to try to do something about it, and both his and the children’s redemption. This suspenseful novel will take your breath away. Susan Sullivan |
 AMAZING GRACIE: A DOG’S TALE by Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff LP636.73Dan rescues Gracie, a deaf and blind Great Dane, but over the course of her life she comes to rescue Dan and his friend Mark. Despite the best efforts of the vet, Gracie is wasting away. Through his desperate efforts to make food she will eat, Dan discovers a passion for dog food and the Three Dog Bakery is born. Alison Li |
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July 30, 2007