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PRAIRIE LIGHTS FALL 2008 READING SCHEDULE
Listen to this program archived at the WSUI website, or broadcast on WSUI 910-AM Saturdays from 8-10 p.m. or Sundays 7-8 p.m. Also broadcast on WOI 640-AM AND KRUI 1010-AM. Hosted by Julie Englander and others. Connect to WSUI here. Title of Event: BART YATES
When: Monday, September 8, 2008 7:00 PM Location: Prairie Lights Books Description: Bart Yates, winner of the Alex Award for Leave Myself Behind, turns his attention to the effects of tragedy and loneliness in the life a pianist. In The Distance Between Us an aging Hester Parker reflects on the tragedy surrounding her former life with her husband and sons and her present relationship with Alex, a college student renting the upstairs apartment.
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To enhance a trip to Hannibal, Missouri and regional environs, Sid Fleischman has a great new biography THE TROUBLE BEGINS AT 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West. Fleischman clearly knows and relishes his subject, and this handsome tribute can't fail to pique the pleasure of Twain fans everywhere. Profusely illustrated.
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Old Bear
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Henkes, Kevin
Snug and warm, curled and furry, Old Bear sleeps. Red, orange, and brown leaves fly through the air, and it is snowing hard. Old Bear doesn't notice. Old Bear is dreaming about being a cub again. He is dreaming about the beauty of the world. He is dreaming of everything he loves about the forest that is his home. Turn the page and you will see |
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See what the staff is reading at Prairie Lights...
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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Wroblewski, David
With a plot so intense and unpredictable that you’ll want to read only the right (or left) hand pages, and writing so textured and insightful that you’ll want to read the whole thing front to back twice, David Wroblewski’s THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE has the makings of a best-seller and a classic. This is a story of dogs at their best, people at their best and worst, a deeply felt story you may never forget. A reluctant reader of fat books of prose, I gimped up my neck through my refusal to put it down.--Jane |
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Unique selections of books from our book buyer Paul Ingram. He compiles great lists of books on varying topics. If you have any requests for recommendations, send Paul an email at paul@prairielights.com.
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Go with Me
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Freeman, Castle, Jr.
Go With Me weighs in at 160 pages. It is an incredibly tight narrative, suspenseful and funny on every page, about an old fart and a muscular young stud who set out to keep a small town bully from having his way with a vulnerable but courageous young woman in the wilds of Vermont. You could call this a country noir, but you don’t have to call it anything to take the few hours it will require to read this wonderful novel. |
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Recommendations by Jan and Paul on The Exchange on September 5, 2008...
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America America
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Canin, Ethan
From Ethan Canin, bestselling author of "The Palace Thief," comes a stunning novel, set in a small town during the Nixon era and today, about America and family, politics and tragedy, and the impact of fate on a young man's life.
In the early 1970s, Corey Sifter, the son of working-class parents, becomes a yard boy on the grand estate of the powerful Metarey family. Soon, through the family's generosity, he is a student at a private boarding school and an aide to the great New York senator Henry Bonwiller, who is running for president of the United States. Before long, Corey finds himself involved with one of the Metarey daughters as well, and he begins to leave behind the world of his upbringing. As the Bonwiller campaign gains momentum, Corey finds himself caught up in a complex web of events in which loyalty, politics, sex, and gratitude conflict with morality, love, and the truth.
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America America" is a beautiful novel about America as it was and is, a remarkable exploration of how vanity, greatness, and tragedy combine to change history and fate. |
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Taylor Caldwell was born today in 1900.
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