New Booktalk Booklist - Culturally Diverse Recent and Readables

Here's another booklist from the archive of booktalks presented at various locations of the Lincoln City Libraries. In this case the speaker was Eiseley Branch supervisor Sheila J., who spoke at the Bethany BooksTalk group back in February 2011. [Click here to check out the current schedule of Book Talks.]

Sheila's featured theme was on recently released multicultural titles. Sheila's list includes about 20 fiction, biography and non-fiction titles.

Culturally Diverse Recent and Readables

Prayers for Sale

Prayers for Sale
by Sandra L. Dallas

Set during the 1930s, Hennie Comfort is fast approaching the age of 90 and will soon be moving from her Colorado home to spend the rest of her days with her daughter in Iowa. As she prepares to move, she reflects back on her life, through a series of stories that she shares primarily with Nit Spindle, a young newlywed and new neighbor to Hennie. This is an enjoyable read that includes a few twists and turns along the way to a surprising (for some) conclusion. Be watching for the clues to the Blue Dress pictured on the cover. -- recommended by Sheila J. - Bennett Martin Public Library

[Also available in downloadable audio, book-on-cd, and Large Print formats.]

[ publisher's official Prayers for Sale web site ] | [ Reading Group Discussion Guide for Prayers for Sale ] | [ official Sandra Dallas web site ]

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