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Check out Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins uses his bestselling popularity to explore scenes from Southeast Asia and Seattle, capturing people moving between myth, mystery and reality. The novel opens with the tanukis, furry Japanese...
Check out Living with Saints by Mary O’Connell.
This lyrical collection of short stories exposes the divine intervention of patron saints through uncommon visitations in the lives of contemporary girls and women. In the opening pages, Dymphna, a...
Check out Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray
In this retelling and updating of the Shakespearean classic, the star-crossed lovers may be older and wiser, but their relationship is still forbidden by their families. Julie Roseman runs into her despised...
Check out Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu.
I was drawn to this book after reading the first chapter, an exciting jaunt through the town of Clarence during an explosion at the chemical plant. Something is released into the air – men in yellow...
Check out The Dewey Decimal System of Love by Josephine Carr.
For questions about love, and more particularly, inappropriate love, go to the 306.7’s. Have you ever had an extended conversation with a librarian? Not just any librarian, but a...
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