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FROM: "Theresa L. Anderson" <[removed]@boulder.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 4:51 PM

Hi there,

Here we go with another challenging search but I'll take the chance that someone out there can help me.
A patron called me inquiring about a book which she had once purchased but then decided to return because she didn't have time to read it. Now she wants to find it again but remembers very little (and I mean, very little) about it. Here's what she does know:

-1998 publication
-male author who has a background in the Navy
-about a man, a boat and two women friends
-set on the East coast
-no other type of genre except general fiction
-hardback and the cover (I know how you love these) is either pale yellow or beige with painting of a good sized sail boat.
-it is NOT "Message in a Bottle" by Nicholas Sparks because she compared the two herself, stating that they came out the same year and had slightly similar plots.

This is as much as I could get out of her. See what you can do. I had no luck with Novelist, Amazon or our own database.

Thanks so much,

Theresa Anderson
Boulder Public Library
Boulder, CO

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@OPENGOVT.OPEN.ORG>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 6:26 PM

This might be a stretch, but there is a book by Don Montague called WHITE
WINGS, published in 1998 (or thereabouts) that involves a man on the east
coast who buys a sailboat to renovate. He gets involved with 3 generations
of women. Don't know if the author has a navy background, but there was
mention that he is an ex-priest. I know the paperback has a picture of a
sailboat on it. Check out the amazon.com description and see if it fits.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
[removed]@open.org

>>> "Theresa L. Anderson" <[removed]@boulder.lib.co.us> 11/16/99 02:49pm
>>>
Hi there,

Here we go with another challenging search but I'll take the chance that
someone out there can help me.
A patron called me inquiring about a book which she had once purchased
but then decided to return because she didn't have time to read it. Now
she wants to find it again but remembers very little (and I mean, very
little) about it. Here's what she does know:

-1998 publication
-male author who has a background in the Navy
-about a man, a boat and two women friends
-set on the East coast
-no other type of genre except general fiction
-hardback and the cover (I know how you love these) is either pale
yellow or beige with painting of a good sized sail boat.
-it is NOT "Message in a Bottle" by Nicholas Sparks because she
compared the two herself, stating that they came out the same year
and had slightly similar plots.

This is as much as I could get out of her. See what you can do. I had
no luck with Novelist, Amazon or our own database.

Thanks so much,

Theresa Anderson
Boulder Public Library
Boulder, CO

FROM: "Theresa L. Anderson" <[removed]@boulder.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 11/23/99, 8:25 PM

Dear Robin,

Just letting you know that your speedy response was right on the nose with "WHITE WINGS". The patron was so very impressed. She had searched high and low, talking to various book stores, with no results. But then they didn't have this fabulous resource! I want to thank you personally because this was my first use of FictionL for patron assistance and it was a smashing success. Happy Reading!

Tessa

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@OPENGOVT.OPEN.ORG>
REC'D: 11/24/99, 11:09 AM

My pleasure (and I mean that)!

Robin

>>> "Theresa L. Anderson" <[removed]@boulder.lib.co.us> 11/23/99 06:24pm
>>>
Dear Robin,

Just letting you know that your speedy response was right on the nose
with "WHITE WINGS". The patron was so very impressed. She had searched
high and low, talking to various book stores, with no results. But then
they didn't have this fabulous resource! I want to thank you personally
because this was my first use of FictionL for patron assistance and it was
a smashing success. Happy Reading!

Tessa

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