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FROM: "RENEE ZURN" <[removed]@duluth.lib.mn.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:26:02 -0600

Amazon.com lists the March Oprah book as "Back Roads" by Tawni O'Dell. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks,
Renee Zurn
Librarian
Duluth Public Library
520 W. Superior St.
Duluth MN 55802
218-723-3812
[removed]@duluth.lib.mn.us

FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:35:35 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, RENEE ZURN wrote:

> Amazon.com lists the March Oprah book as "Back Roads" by Tawni O'Dell.
> Can anyone confirm this?
>
Was in a Borders book store yesterday evening (about 6 pm EST) and they
had O'Dell's book on display with an "Oprah Book" sticker on the cover.

Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "Jeanne Dunn" <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:57:30 -0500

Oprah.com lists this as the title.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> [[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org]On Behalf Of RENEE ZURN
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:26 AM
> To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: March Oprah book
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>
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> Amazon.com lists the March Oprah book as "Back Roads" by Tawni
> O'Dell. Can anyone confirm this?
>
> Thanks,
> Renee Zurn
> Librarian
> Duluth Public Library
> 520 W. Superior St.
> Duluth MN 55802
> 218-723-3812
> [removed]@duluth.lib.mn.us
>

FROM: Cathy Reid <[removed]@ccpl.lib.oh.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:34:59 -0500

Yes, "Back Roads" by Tawni O'Dell is the March Oprah book. It's currently
being featured on Amazon.com.

BTW, it sounds like another real downer--doesn't she know that a book
doesn't have to be depressing to be interesting????

Just MHO!

Cathy Reid
Clark County Public Library
Springfield, OH

FROM: Pam Bosben <[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:45:25 -0600

This is Oprah's next pick. She was touting it on her program yesterday.

At 12:57 PM 3/29/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Oprah.com lists this as the title.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>> [[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org]On Behalf Of RENEE ZURN
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:26 AM
>> To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>> Subject: March Oprah book
>>
>>
>>
>> Amazon.com lists the March Oprah book as "Back Roads" by Tawni
>> O'Dell. Can anyone confirm this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Renee Zurn
>> Librarian
>> Duluth Public Library
>> 520 W. Superior St.
>> Duluth MN 55802
>> 218-723-3812
>> [removed]@duluth.lib.mn.us
>>
>
>

FROM: Christine Perkins <[removed]@jcls.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:58:09 -0800

A friend recommended _Back Roads_ by Tawni O'Dell before Oprah chose it for
her book club and I can't say enough good things about it.

Yes, it tackles some dark and depressing topics (the main character's
mother is in jail for murdering the father, just for starters) but creates
such a heartbreaking and lovable hero, with memorable details, quirks, and
insight that it transcends the gloom of other Oprah picks such as _White
Oleander_.

Imagine a cross between _The Virgin Suicides_, _Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya
Sisterhood_, and _Rocket Boys_ and you start to get the picture.

Don't miss this one just because "everyone else will be reading it". I'm
thrilled the author will be getting such huge exposure for her worthy,
brilliant first novel.

I'd be interested to hear what others think.

<--end of rave--!>

--Christine Perkins


***********************************
Christine Perkins
Young Adult & Reference Librarian
Medford Teen Library
Jackson County Library Services
Medford, Oregon
(541) 774-6412 / [removed]@jcls.org
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FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:38:58 -0600

I picked up the book a few weeks back; I was intrigued because the author
was writing about the area of the country I grew up in. I usually stay away
from the Oprah books; try to find my own books to recommend that everyone
else is not reading. I also highly recommend the book, especially because it
is such a wonderful first effort. I was watching Oprah when the title was
announced and I was glad that for once I had "discovered" the author and
title before she did.
Pattie Piotrowski

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From: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
[[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org]On Behalf Of Christine
Perkins
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:58 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Back Roads

A friend recommended _Back Roads_ by Tawni O'Dell before Oprah chose it for
her book club and I can't say enough good things about it.

Yes, it tackles some dark and depressing topics (the main character's
mother is in jail for murdering the father, just for starters) but creates
such a heartbreaking and lovable hero, with memorable details, quirks, and
insight that it transcends the gloom of other Oprah picks such as _White
Oleander_.

Imagine a cross between _The Virgin Suicides_, _Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya
Sisterhood_, and _Rocket Boys_ and you start to get the picture.

Don't miss this one just because "everyone else will be reading it". I'm
thrilled the author will be getting such huge exposure for her worthy,
brilliant first novel.

I'd be interested to hear what others think.

<--end of rave--!>

--Christine Perkins


***********************************
Christine Perkins
Young Adult & Reference Librarian
Medford Teen Library
Jackson County Library Services
Medford, Oregon
(541) 774-6412 / [removed]@jcls.org
***********************************

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