'Romance'

Mudbound

Mudboundby Hillary Jordan

Laura, a city woman whose life has always been free, and Ronsell, the son of a sharecropper who experienced freedom and respect in Europe during the second World War, find their lives completely changed when Laura’s husband buys a farm in backwoods Mississippi.

June 12th, 2009

The Art of Racing in the Rain

The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein

Meet Enzo, a dog with the senses of a canine and the sense of a human. Laugh, cheer, and cry with Enzo’s family as you ponder life’s ups and downs through the metaphor of auto racing.

June 8th, 2009

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalistby Mohsin Hamid

An intense young Pakistani, educated at Princeton and employed before 9/11 by an elite Wall Street financial firm, relates his interior tale of failed romance and political and cultural disillusionment, to a mysterious American he meets in a Lahore market.

June 8th, 2009

Peony in Love

Peony in Loveby Lisa See

Peony, the daughter of a wealthy family, dies before she can enter an arranged marriage. Her ghost narrates this complex tale of women’s lives in 17th century China.

February 27th, 2009

I Love You, Beth Cooper

I Love You, Beth Cooperby Larry Doyle

Supreme geek, Dennis Cooverman, blurts out during his monotone graduation speech what is really on his mind, that he’s in love with the head cheerleader, Beth Cooper, setting off a hilarious chain of events in a graduation night to remember.

February 10th, 2009

Austenland

Austenlandby Shannon Hale

Jane Hayes is obsessed with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Now she has inherited an all-expense paid trip to an English resort. Will she find her own Mr. Darcy?

February 9th, 2009


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