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September/October
2002 Book Sense 76 Picks
76 unique and provocative
selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by
the independent booksellers of America.
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 Borrowed
Finery
by Paula
Fox
"One of America's best fiction writers offers a heartbreaking childhood
memoir as the daughter of bohemian parents who dropped her off in New York,
California, and Cuba as they travel. A vivid, poetic book." - Sue Griepentrog,
Little Read Bookstore, Wauwatosa, WI
 Fraud:
Essays
by David
Rakoff
"Whether it's climbing mountains in New Hampshire or portraying Christmas
Freud, Rakoff never misses a one-liner. Dark, satirical, and yet, ultimately
vulnerable, Rakoff is easily the match of This American Life's other
comic gem, David
Sedaris. Very highly recommended." - Michael Barnard, Rakestraw
Bookstore, Danville, CA
 I
Thought My Father Was God
by Paul
Auster, ed.
"I love this book of 'short and true stories that sound like fiction.'
Big and small, tragic and comic; all are expressed with simple conviction, honor,
and universal appeal under broad topics such as Animals, Strangers, Love, War,
and Dreams. A perfect gift for anyone of any age, or for a whole family to share."
- Carla Jimenez, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL
If
You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday
by Farah
Jasmine Griffin
"Griffin deconstructs and re-examines Holiday's life, emphasizing her unique
gifts and resilience, rather than the hardships and addictions that most people
immediately associate her with. I gained an even deeper appreciation for an
artist I have loved for years." - Mike Mann, Village Books, Roslindale,
MA
In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road
by Allan C. Weisbecker
"The good, bad, soulful and soulless; Weisbecker has seen it all. Hurricanes, sunken ships, drug-running, and the constant pounding of surf. An honest, page-turning, great read." - Mark Sipowicz, Moon News, Half Moon Bay, CA
 Limbo:
A Memoir
by A.
Manette Ansay
"Ansay writes memoir as wonderfully as she writes fiction. Her rural and
strictly religious upbringing collide with her piano talent and the mysterious
illness which comes to plague her, but leads her into a successful writing career."
- Judith Rodel, Downtown Books, Hudson, WI
 Looking
For Alaska
by Peter
Jenkins
"Jenkins has done it again. For all of us who walked across America with
Peter and haven't sat down yet, this is a refreshing, exciting look into the
last American frontier. Grab your down parka and get on the trail with this
wonderful adventure writer." - Gee Gee Rosell, Buxton Village Books,
Buxton, NC
 Mammoth:
The Resurrection of an Ice Age Giant
by Richard
Stone
"There are mammoths buried almost whole in the frozen wastes of Siberia.
Natives had feared that evil would befall those who dared to remove them, but
enter these crazy scientists with earth-penetrating radar, and you've got great
adventure with scientific shenanigans and amazing finds." - Nancy Brown,
R. J. Julia's, Madison, CT
 The
Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead
by Heather
Pringle
"Join mummy experts from around the world as they scientifically investigate
the properties, social values, and moral issues surrounding these remnants of
our past." - Jane Dawson, Concord Bookshop, Concord, MA
 Savage
Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
by Nancy
Mitford
"A perceptive and intimate exploration of bohemian legend Millay,
her life, her loves, and her art. I was mesmerized by both the writing and the
subject." -Kendra Adkins, Four Seasons Books, Shepherdstown, WV
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