TLC Staff Recommendations

Summer 2005

GARDEN ANGEL
by Mindy Friddle LP Fic

With an atmospheric Southern setting, this novel examines two unlikely women friends, Cutter and Elizabeth. Cutter is trying to keep her old family home by warding off potential buyers, and Elizabeth is agoraphobic and losing her husband. Both find unexpected sanctuary as they pull together to solve their problems in this warming and thoughtful story.
-Jean Bowman

STATE OF FEAR
by Michael Crichton LP Fic

Have you ever wondered if global warming is real? In this provocative novel, the villain is not from a foreign government or big business, but a powerful environmental group similar to the Sierra Club. Whether you read it for its break neck pace or for its alleged environmental lessons, this controversial thriller is bound to make you think.
-Ron Woods

MR WHITE’S CONFESSION
by Robert Clark

Set in 1939, this tragic tale of a simple man accused of a horrendous crime is a beautifully-written look at the injustices of society. Told in alternating viewpoints, we come to sympathize with both the accused and the accuser.
-Ron Woods

A WALK TO REMEMBER
by Nicholas Sparks LP Fic

His last year at Beaufort High, Landon finds himself faced with taking Jamie, the straitlaced daughter of a Baptist minister, to the homecoming dance. Thus begins a friendship which will change his life forever.
-Susan Sullivan

BLUE LATITUDES
by Tony Horwitz 910.92

In the 18th century, Captain James Cook explored more of the world’s surface than anyone in history. Journalist Horwitz follows in his footsteps and notes with much humor and insight the changes that have taken place in the sprawling Pacific region that Cook explored. From Tahiti to Australia to Alaska, the reader is transported to other places and another time.
-Ron Woods

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