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Awards: ALA Notable Books for 1999

Fiction

The Farming of Bones The Farming of Bones
by Edwidge Danticat
Our Price: $23.00

Anabelle, a Haitian servant in the Dominican Republic, recalls the 1937 slaughter of her people and her lover in this lush, sensuous depiction of a forgotten tragedy.



About a Boy About a Boy
by Nick Hornby
Our Price: $22.95

In a hilarious portrait of Will, 36, and Marcus, 12, Hornby crafts a sharp and insightful journey of two "boys" teaching each other to become men.



Charming Billy Charming Billy
by Alice McDermott
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Billy Lynch's death prompts the unraveling of a lifelong secret in McDermott's eloquent exploration of the reverberations of this deception on family and friends.



Birds of America Birds of America
by Lorrie Moore
Our Price: $23.00

In a wise and funny short-story collection, Moore's protagonists cope with life's compromises and confusions with honesty and humor.



I Married a Communist I Married a Communist
by Philip Roth
Our Price: $26.00

Ira Ringold, idealistic and larger than life, embraces Communism and collides with McCarthyism and the rancor of his estranged wife, Eve Frame.


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