Novel Gifts

 

Best American Short Stories 2008The Best American Short Stories 2008
Salman Rushdie, editor
Heidi Pitlor, series editor

This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially provocative Salman Rushdie, boasts a “magnificent array” (Library Journal) of voices both new and recognized.

Houghton Mifflin
978-0-618-78877-4
$14.00 paper

 

 

A Mercy (CD)A Mercy
Toni Morrison

Nobel Prize-winning author Morrison’s latest masterpiece centers on a powerful tragedy involving a mother and daughter and reveals how acts of mercy have unforeseen consequences.

Random House Audio
978-0-7393-3254-2
$29.95 Unbridged on 4 CDs

 

 

Tarizon: The Liberator, Vol. 1Tarizon:The Liberator,Vol. 1
William Manchee

The first of a science fiction trilogy for young adults and above finds high school student PeterTurner abducted by aliens and taken to another planet, where he must embrace his destiny as the Liberator.

Top Publications Ltd.
978-1-929976-48-5
$23.00 hardcover

 

 

TestimonyTestimony
Anita Shreve

At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking is the fact that the sex acts were caught on videotape.Writing with an intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Shreve delivers a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller.

Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-05986-2
$25.99 hardcover

 

 

SerenaSerena
Ron Rash

A gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America’s burgeoning environmental movement.

Ecco
978-0-06-147085-1
$24.95 hardcover

 

 

Where the River EndsWhere the River Ends
Charles Martin

Martin’s beautifully written novel is a powerfully emotional and ultimately uplifting story of heartbreaking loss and undying love.

Broadway Books
978-0-7679-2698-0
$19.95 hardcover