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FROM: "Inken Purvis" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 3:10 PM

Hello,
I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a
friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes
stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've found
a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want the
books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.

She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The
Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would like to
try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
Personal History - Katherine Graham
The Other Boleyn Girl
Fatherland
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
One Thousand White Women

If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.

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FROM: "Ann Nichols" <[removed]@cableone.net>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 3:26 PM

Hi,
I really liked Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Stones from the River by
Ursala Hegi, 1000 pieces of Gold, Snow Falling on Cedars.
Ann

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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:03 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Reading Plan/List Ideas

Hello,
I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a

friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes

stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've
found
a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want
the
books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.

She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The

Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would
like to
try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
Personal History - Katherine Graham
The Other Boleyn Girl
Fatherland
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
One Thousand White Women

If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.

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FROM: "Amanda Samland" <[removed]@aibonline.org>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 3:31 PM

I would suggest the Traveler's Wife for her. I loved it!

Amanda Samland
Library Assistant
Emerson Library

FROM: Lynn <[removed]@ccfls.org>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 3:36 PM

You might also try Pearl Diver by Talarigo, Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter
Naslund, Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker, and When the Emperor was
Divine by Otsuka

Lynn

At 02:24 PM 2/24/05 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I really liked Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Stones from the River by
>Ursala Hegi, 1000 pieces of Gold, Snow Falling on Cedars.
>Ann
>
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>Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:03 PM
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>
>Hello,
>I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a
>
>friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes
>
>stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've
>found
>a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
>Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want
>the
>books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.
>
>She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
>ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
>Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The
>
>Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would
>like to
>try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
>Personal History - Katherine Graham
>The Other Boleyn Girl
>Fatherland
>The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
>One Thousand White Women
>
>If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.
>
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FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@cityofsalem.net>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 3:43 PM

For historical fiction try RED WATER by Judith Freeman.

Another good suggestion is SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Fabulous book that has everything--suspense, romance, exotic setting,
interesting characters, etc.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

>>> [removed]@hotmail.com 02/24/05 01:03PM >>>
Hello,
I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for
a
friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she
likes
stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've
found
a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want
the
books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.

She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,

Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include
The
Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would
like to
try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
Personal History - Katherine Graham
The Other Boleyn Girl
Fatherland
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
One Thousand White Women

If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.

_________________________________________________________________
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FROM: "Bergstrom, Jennifer" <[removed]@sdcounty.ca.gov>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 3:48 PM

I second The Time Traveler's Wife, and I would also suggest Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (definitely fits the ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances thing) or maybe Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (the ordinary can also be extraordinary if you look at it the right way!).

Other (less Women's Fiction-y) possibilities:

The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis (ordinary orphan becomes female chess prodigy!)
The Man in My Basement by Walter Moseley (ordinary black guy has a white guy pay him to lock him in the basement!)
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (ordinary writer has an extraordinary weekend!)
Robertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy (ordinary small town produces extraordinary people!)

Jenne Bergstrom
Reference and Young Adult Librarian
San Diego County Library, El Cajon Branch
201 E. Douglas Ave.
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 588-3703

"For the librarians everywhere, who spend their lives in battle against the forces of darkness."
--Laurie R. King, dedication to her novel The Game

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Inken Purvis
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:03 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Reading Plan/List Ideas

Hello,
I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a
friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes
stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've found
a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want the
books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.

She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The
Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would like to
try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
Personal History - Katherine Graham
The Other Boleyn Girl
Fatherland
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
One Thousand White Women

If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.

_________________________________________________________________
Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!
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FROM: "Luebering, Joan" <[removed]@cincinnatilibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 3:59 PM

You are going to get a lot of terrific suggestions from a lot of people for this.

Here are some favorite historicals that would qualify: The Soldier's Return, by Bragg; The World at Night and its sequel, Red Gold, by Furst; The Notebook of Gismondo Cavaletti, by Lamming; The Bottoms, by Lansdale; The Rose Grower, by De Kretser; The Old American, by Hebert; A Star Called Henry, by Doyle; I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company, by Hall; The Fencing Master, by Perez-Reverte; Clara Callan, by Wright; The Black Flower, by Bahr; As Meat Loves Salt, by McCann; The Piano Tuner, by Masson; Human Voices, by Fitzgerald; The Colour, by Tremain; Regeneration, by Barker.

If she does want to try something in the genres she doesn't like, try Welcome, Chaos, by Wilhelm; or Air, Or, Have, Not Have (that's all one title), by Ryman, for science fiction. Garnethill, by Mina; Echoes of Lies, by Bannister; Transgressions, by Dunant; Winter Range, by Davis; The Lost Get-Back Boogie, by Burke, for mysteries/suspense

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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Inken Purvis
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:03 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Reading Plan/List Ideas

Hello,
I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a
friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes
stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've found
a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want the
books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.

She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The
Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would like to
try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
Personal History - Katherine Graham
The Other Boleyn Girl
Fatherland
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
One Thousand White Women

If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.

_________________________________________________________________
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FROM: "Jessica Moyer" <[removed]@richland.edu>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 4:56 PM

And I would add Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Its historical fiction, a
women in an unusual situation and you could also call it romantic
suspense.

Claire is a nurse just after the end of WWII on a second honeymoon with
her husband, while they have been married for six years, they've spent
less than six months together. In the Highlands of Scotland Claire
stumbles into a stone circle and gets pulled back in time to 1743 with
the knowledge that the worst times in Scotland's history are about to
happen (the Jacobite Rebellion and Rising). At first Claire is
desperate to return, but is unable to get back to the stones. Then she
meets and gradually falls in love with Jamie Fraser a minor Scottish
nobleman who also happens to be an outlaw.

There are 5 books total in the series to date, Outlander, Dragonfly in
Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn and the Fiery Cross and book 6 is due
out in another year or so. Outlander is one of my all time favorite
novels and certainly can stand on its own, though most can't wait to
read the others. Claire and Jamie are two of my all time favorite
literary characters, so real that I feel I could meet them one day.

Jessica E. Moyer, M.S., C.A.S.
Director of Academic Resources, Learning Resources Center
Richland Community College, One College Park, Decatur, IL 62521
Phone: 217 875 7211 ext 294 Email: [removed]@richland.edu

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FROM: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 4:56 PM

She might like Ordinary People by Judith Guest and Dive From Clausen's
Pier by Ann Packer.

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:52 PM
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And I would add Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Its historical fiction, a
women in an unusual situation and you could also call it romantic
suspense.

Claire is a nurse just after the end of WWII on a second honeymoon with
her husband, while they have been married for six years, they've spent
less than six months together. In the Highlands of Scotland Claire
stumbles into a stone circle and gets pulled back in time to 1743 with
the knowledge that the worst times in Scotland's history are about to
happen (the Jacobite Rebellion and Rising). At first Claire is
desperate to return, but is unable to get back to the stones. Then she
meets and gradually falls in love with Jamie Fraser a minor Scottish
nobleman who also happens to be an outlaw.

There are 5 books total in the series to date, Outlander, Dragonfly in
Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn and the Fiery Cross and book 6 is due
out in another year or so. Outlander is one of my all time favorite
novels and certainly can stand on its own, though most can't wait to
read the others. Claire and Jamie are two of my all time favorite
literary characters, so real that I feel I could meet them one day.

Jessica E. Moyer, M.S., C.A.S.
Director of Academic Resources, Learning Resources Center Richland
Community College, One College Park, Decatur, IL 62521
Phone: 217 875 7211 ext 294 Email: [removed]@richland.edu

-

FROM: "Karen Traynor, Chittenango" <[removed]@midyork.org>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 5:36 PM

There are not historical fiction per say, but going by the theme of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, I would recommend:

Plainsong and Evensong by Kent Haruf
Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler

Karen Traynor
Sullivan Free Library
519 McDonnell Street
Chittenango, NY 13037

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FROM: BookBitch <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 6:02 PM

I think these are all about ordinary people in
extraordinary circumstances.

historical fiction--
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael
Chabon
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides (maybe not "ordinary")
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Tear This Heart Out by Angeles Mastretta, translated
by Margaret Sayers (if you can find a copy, it's
fascinating reading)
The Man in the Box by Thomas Moran
Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Artemisia by Susan Vreeland

alternate history--
Plot Against America by Philip Roth

literary fiction--
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Life of Pi by Yan Martel (even though I hated it, it
belongs on this list)

Stacy Alesi
Library Name *Censored*
Boca Raton, Florida

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FROM: "HOL Mary Vanderkooy" <[removed]@llcoop.org>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 6:45 PM

I think Follow The River by James Alexander Thom would be a good choice for
historical fiction.

Mary Vander Kooy
Holland, MI

FROM: gplreadersadvisor readeradvisor <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 6:50 PM

Try Alice Hoffman, Gregory Maguire, Jasper Fforde
(Thursday Next novels)

C.C. Brown
Gso Public Library

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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/24/05, 8:40 PM

One title, three categories:

Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks

A woman in an English village during the Plague.
Literary, historical, good read.

Brenda O'Brien
Woodridge Public Library
[removed]@woodridgelibrary.org

FROM: C & J Heuer <[removed]@centurytel.net>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 10:28 PM

I would suggest The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Don't tell her its SF, she'll never know.

Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
On Thursday, February 24, 2005, at 03:03 PM, Inken Purvis wrote:

> Hello,
> I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for
> a friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she
> likes stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances."
> I've found a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only
> go down the Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be
> heading. And I want the books to follow a logical plan, not just be
> random selections.
>
> She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
> ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical
> Literature, Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction
> (examples include The Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays
> on Ice). She would like to try historical fiction or alternative
> history. So far I have
> Personal History - Katherine Graham
> The Other Boleyn Girl
> Fatherland
> The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
> One Thousand White Women
>
> If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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FROM: Laurie Cavanaugh <[removed]@appleblossom.net>
REC'D: 2/25/05, 6:09 AM

Before and After by Rosellen Brown might be one she would like, because
it delves into the thoughts and motivations of the different members of
an ordinary family (father, mother, sister) when the teenage
son/brother appears to have brutally murdered his girlfriend and during
the aftermath of the crime in their small New Hampshire town.
I just read this with a fairly new senior-citizens book group after
seeing it recommended more than once in various places. Unfortunately,
I was the only one in the group who liked it, but it sounds like your
friend likes a book that's fairly weighty. The book was difficult for
this particular group to read because it switches points of view,
doesn't follow a straight plot line, and the subject was "depressing".
We will be choosing "gentle reads" from now on!

Laurie

Laurie Cavanaugh (in unofficial capacity on this list)
Brockton Public Library
304 Main St.
Brockton, MA 02301

On Feb 24, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Inken Purvis wrote:

> Hello,
> I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for
> a friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she
> likes stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances."
> I've found a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only
> go down the Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be
> heading. And I want the books to follow a logical plan, not just be
> random selections.
>
> She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
> ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical
> Literature, Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction
> (examples include The Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays
> on Ice). She would like to try historical fiction or alternative
> history.

FROM: Becky none <[removed]@gmail.com>
REC'D: 2/25/05, 8:46 AM

For alternative history, I'd suggest Orson Scott Card's Pastwatch. I
found it to be an interesting take on both the future & the past.
(People in the future observe the past, figure out where things went
wrong & send a small team back to the time when Columbus sailed. They
try several different ways to fix this meeting of people/cultures.)

You said she doesn't like science fiction, but I have to suggest
another time-travel one: the Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. A grad
student travels back in time to observe England _before_ the plague.
Guess what happens. Certainly fits the ordinary people in
extraordinary circumstances thing. Is pretty realistic about what life
would have been like. And not at all science fiction-ish.

hope that helps
Becky

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FROM: "Pam Langhoff" <[removed]@rpls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/25/05, 11:14 AM

"A Lesson before Dying" by Ernest Gaines

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Inken Purvis
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:03 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Reading Plan/List Ideas

Hello,
I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a
friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes
stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've found
a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want the
books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.

She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The
Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would like to
try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
Personal History - Katherine Graham
The Other Boleyn Girl
Fatherland
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
One Thousand White Women

If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.

_________________________________________________________________
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FROM: "Pam Wheeler" <[removed]@npls.org>
REC'D: 2/25/05, 11:47 AM

How about Outlander by Diana Galbadon?

Parmelee (Pam) A. Wheeler MSL
Assistant Director
Newark Public Library
101 West Main Street
Newark, OH 43055-5054
Phone: 740-349-5570 Fax: 740-3495575

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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Inken Purvis
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:03 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Reading Plan/List Ideas

Hello,
I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a

friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes

stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've
found
a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want
the
books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.

She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The

Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would
like to
try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
Personal History - Katherine Graham
The Other Boleyn Girl
Fatherland
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
One Thousand White Women

If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.

_________________________________________________________________
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FROM: "Thompson, Jennifer" <[removed]@wellmark.com>
REC'D: 2/25/05, 12:37 PM

I'm currently reading Gail Tsukiyama's Dreaming Water. It's about a
woman who has Werner Syndrome (the disease that causes a person to age
at twice the normal rate) and her Italian-American mother. So far, I'm
about half way through and it al takes place in a single day-but with
flashbacks of both the mother & daughter's life. The father is
Japanese-American and lived in an Internment camp during WWII. A very
good read.

Jennifer Thompson

FROM: "Warner, Deb" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/25/05, 12:59 PM

My e-mail has been down for a week, so I don't know what the original
question was, but I note the mention of alternate history. If it would
be of use I would like to speak up for a few of my favorites:
Kim Stanley Robinson Years of Rice and Salt supposes most of Europe
was wiped out by the plague, civilization moves from Asia and Africa.
Islam and Buddhism dominant instead of Christianity, covers many
generations. There is an additional reincarnation twist
Steven Barnes Lion's blood: a novel of slavery and freedom in an
alternate America African & Arabic masters, Irish slaves...
Jake Page Apacheria The Apaches have a plan that works, found an
independent nation...
Will Sanders The wild Blue and Grey Native Americans have banded
together to form an independent nation and enter the CIVIL War in an
uneasy alliance with the South
All of the above actually consider cultural assumptions and posit how
things could have developed differently, in addition to being great
reads. The last two are more just for fun:
S.M. Stirling: The Peshawar Lancers coment falls, ice age hits
Northern Europe & England, the British Empire has moved to India & other
nations have developed differently as well. The story set here is
basically a spy adventure tale
S.M. Stirling Conquistador early in the 2oth century, someone found
a portal to a parallel time in a less industrial America. The "founding
families" are wealthy and continue to move back and forth. This is tied
is a police investigation on "our side" and an attempted coup in the
alternate America.

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Becky none
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 9:42 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Reading Plan/List Ideas

For alternative history, I'd suggest Orson Scott Card's Pastwatch. I
found it to be an interesting take on both the future & the past.
(People in the future observe the past, figure out where things went
wrong & send a small team back to the time when Columbus sailed. They
try several different ways to fix this meeting of people/cultures.)

You said she doesn't like science fiction, but I have to suggest
another time-travel one: the Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. A grad
student travels back in time to observe England _before_ the plague.
Guess what happens. Certainly fits the ordinary people in
extraordinary circumstances thing. Is pretty realistic about what life
would have been like. And not at all science fiction-ish.

hope that helps
Becky

--
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-Michael Moore "Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the
State of the Nation!"

FROM: "Inken Purvis" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/25/05, 2:51 PM

I'd like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all those who've kindly provided me with
suggestions for my reading plan. I've written all down faithfully and now I
shall go review them (she doesn't like symbolism or metaphors but does like
good dialogue - I guess I'll might have to weed a few out). I thought I
would also try to throw in a little humour for my friend so I picked "Why
I'm Like This" by Cynthia Kaplan. What do you think?

And thanks to all those who reminded me of The Doomsday Book. I read this
about 10 years ago and have been trying to remember the title ever since!

Regards
Inken Purvis

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>
> RE: Ordinary People in Extraordinary Circumstances by
>"Jeannine D. Cook" Covers of books - Long by "Rhonda Jessup"
>RE: Reading Plan by "Thompson, Jennifer" RE: Reading Plan/List
>Ideas by "Warner, Deb" display idea by "Marianne"
>RE: display idea by "Kathy Lee"
>
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>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Subject: RE: Ordinary People in Extraordinary Circumstances From: "Jeannine
>D. Cook" Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:53:35 -0800
>
>Also Nevil Shute's The Pied Piper, about an Englishman in early WWII Europe
>who is entrusted with more and more children to take back to England with
>him.
>
>Jeannine Cook Adult Services Librarian Douglas County Library System 1409
>NE Diamond Lake Blvd. Roseburg, OR 97470 (541)440-6013 (541)440-6011 fax
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>Friday, February 25, 2005 9:42 AM To: Fiction_L Subject: Ordinary People in
>Extraordinary Circumstances
>
>I thought immediately of My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult which has a
>13-year-old girl petitioning the court for medical emancipation to prevent
>her parents from forcing her to donate a kidney to her sister.
>
>I also thought of Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice about a love story set in
>Burma, I think, between an Australian soldier and a British woman prisoner.
>
>Interesting theme...
>
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>Subject: Covers of books - Long From: "Rhonda Jessup" Date: Fri, 25 Feb
>2005 13:08:08 -0500
>
>From the Carrie on Copyright by Carrie Russell column in School Library
>Journal, Jan2002, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p41 (please note the date - it is 3
>years old but may give you some guidance):
>
>Libraries often use scans of book covers to promote reading I would like to
>scan the covers of attractive books, print the scans, and use the resulting
>posters to publicize new and seasonal books, and "good reads." For example,
>the cover design of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
>(Scholastic/Arthur Levine, 1 999) is protected by copyright, but if I have
>purchased the book for the library, is it OK to announce its availability
>by posting an image of the book in my display area? Holly Wolf Librarian,
>Palmyra-Macedon High School, Palmyra, NY
>
>Let's assume that the book covers in question are copyrighted and the
>publisher holds the copyright to the cover designs. We know that
>reproducing copyrighted material, such as book covers, and publicly
>displaying those copies without the consent of the copyright holder are
>infringements of copyright. But, do we have to ask permission to promote
>reading in the library? I don't think so, at least, not yet. Since the
>ultimate purpose of the copyright law is to "advance the progress of
>science and useful arts" in order to benefit the public, the law carves out
>numerous exceptions to ensure that copyright holders never have complete
>control over their works. One of the major exceptions to the copyright
>holder's exclusive rights is "fair use." Fair use is the right to use works
>in a reasonable manner without the prior consent of the copyright holder.
>There is no black-and-white formula for determining fair use. Instead,
>librarians must use solid professional judgment. When making a decision, it
>is helpful to consider the four factors of fair use that are outlined in
>the copyright law. Those factors are: (1) purpose of the use; (2) nature of
>the material; (3) amount of the material; and (4) effect on the market for
>the work. In this situation, the librarian wants to use the copyrighted
>material for nonprofit, educational purposes. She has lawfully acquired the
>Harry Potter book and is promoting it to readers and potential Harry Potter
>fans. The effect on the market is a positive one. Nonetheless, the
>situation is complicated because the work is highly creative in
>nature--book covers can be works of arts in themselves and creative
>materials are considered more copyright-worthy--and the entire cover is
>being used. But I would argue that the display of book cover copies is
>lawful. In addition, the law is in part understood within the context of
>actual custom. If the posting of book covers in libraries for promotional
>purposes is commonplace and is consistently practiced by libraries across
>the country, the practice in effect influences how the law is interpreted.
>Since courts base copyright infringement decisions on "the facts of the
>case," consistent practices like book cover displays become understood as
>more reasonable.
>
>Rhonda Jessup Whitby Public Library Whitby, ON, Canada
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Subject: RE: Reading Plan From: "Thompson, Jennifer" Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005
>12:33:16 -0600
>
>
>
>I'm currently reading Gail Tsukiyama's Dreaming Water. It's about a woman
>who has Werner Syndrome (the disease that causes a person to age at twice
>the normal rate) and her Italian-American mother. So far, I'm about half
>way through and it al takes place in a single day-but with flashbacks of
>both the mother & daughter's life. The father is Japanese-American and
>lived in an Internment camp during WWII. A very good read.
>
>Jennifer Thompson
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Subject: RE: Reading Plan/List Ideas From: "Warner, Deb" Date: Fri, 25 Feb
>2005 13:54:37 -0500
>
>My e-mail has been down for a week, so I don't know what the original
>question was, but I note the mention of alternate history. If it would be
>of use I would like to speak up for a few of my favorites: Kim Stanley
>Robinson Years of Rice and Salt supposes most of Europe was wiped out by
>the plague, civilization moves from Asia and Africa. Islam and Buddhism
>dominant instead of Christianity, covers many generations. There is an
>additional reincarnation twist Steven Barnes Lion's blood: a novel of
>slavery and freedom in an alternate America African & Arabic masters,
>Irish slaves... Jake Page Apacheria The Apaches have a plan that works,
>found an independent nation... Will Sanders The wild Blue and Grey
>Native Americans have banded together to form an independent nation and
>enter the CIVIL War in an uneasy alliance with the South All of the above
>actually consider cultural assumptions and posit how things could have
>developed differently, in addition to being great reads. The last two are
>more just for fun: S.M. Stirling: The Peshawar Lancers coment falls, ice
>age hits Northern Europe & England, the British Empire has moved to India &
>other nations have developed differently as well. The story set here is
>basically a spy adventure tale S.M. Stirling Conquistador early in the
>2oth century, someone found a portal to a parallel time in a less
>industrial America. The "founding families" are wealthy and continue to
>move back and forth. This is tied is a police investigation on "our side"
>and an attempted coup in the alternate America.
>
>-----Original Message----- From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
>[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Becky none Sent:
>Friday, February 25, 2005 9:42 AM To: Fiction_L Subject: Reading Plan/List
>Ideas
>
>
>For alternative history, I'd suggest Orson Scott Card's Pastwatch. I found
>it to be an interesting take on both the future & the past. (People in the
>future observe the past, figure out where things went wrong & send a small
>team back to the time when Columbus sailed. They try several different ways
>to fix this meeting of people/cultures.)
>
>You said she doesn't like science fiction, but I have to suggest another
>time-travel one: the Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. A grad student travels
>back in time to observe England _before_ the plague. Guess what happens.
>Certainly fits the ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances thing. Is
>pretty realistic about what life would have been like. And not at all
>science fiction-ish.
>
>hope that helps Becky
>
>--
>"Librarians are "one terrorist group you don't want to mess with". -Michael
>Moore "Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the
>Nation!"
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>Subject: display idea From: "Marianne" Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:52:05
>-0500
>
>Another display idea that just sort of happened on a whim: "Look What We
>Found on the Bottom Shelves." This took no planning at all and everything
>was totally unrelated. Patrons loved it, though, and we had to keep
>re-stocking.
>
>BTW, I am really enjoying everyone's suggestions for a Lifetime Reading
>Plan. I now have an even longer list of things to read!
>
>Marianne VT Dept. of Libraries
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Subject: RE: display idea From: "Kathy Lee" Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:10:32
>-0700
>
>We did this at our branch also and called it "Out of Eyeshot - Books on the
>top and bottom shelves." It was enormously popular. I did it because a
>patron, looking for a fiction book about gardening came back with my
>suggestion and said it couldn't have been what she was thinking of because
>it was on the bottom shelf and she never looks on the top or bottom
>shelves.
>
>Kathy Lee Information Services Associate - Evergreen Library Jefferson
>County Public Library 5000 Highway 73 Evergreen, CO 80439 Phone:
>303-674-0780 Fax: 303-670-7001 [removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us
>
>Find us on the web at http://jefferson.lib.co.us
>
>
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Marianne [[removed]@pshift.com] Sent:
>Friday, February 25, 2005 11:52 AM To: Fiction_L Subject: display idea
>
>
>Another display idea that just sort of happened on a whim: "Look What We
>Found on the Bottom Shelves." This took no planning at all and everything
>was totally unrelated. Patrons loved it, though, and we had to keep
>re-stocking.
>
>BTW, I am really enjoying everyone's suggestions for a Lifetime Reading
>Plan. I now have an even longer list of things to read!
>
>Marianne VT Dept. of Libraries
>
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FROM: "Judy Kamiat" <[removed]@pbclibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/26/05, 10:00 AM

Here are a few that haven't been mentioned yet- but definitely worth looking into:

For humor check out Laura Pedersen's Beginner's Luck and Last Call
Some recent releases that would apply -
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen (this novel is being compared to The Lovely Bones)
Thread of Grace By Mary Doria Russell
Historicals -
Lucifer's Shadow by David Hewson
Auriel Rising by Elizabeth Redfern
I would second Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (one of my favorite books) and Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

Judy Kamiat
West Boynton Beach Library
Boynton Beach, Fl.
[removed]@pbclibrary.org

FROM: "Lynn S. Smith-Roberts" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/26/05, 12:33 PM

It strikes me that biography or biographical fiction would fit this bill
quite well -- you didn't say she doesn't like biographies or historical
fiction....

Anyway, here are a couple of biographies:

Helen and teacher : the story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy /
Joseph P. Lash (bio) OR
The story of my life / Helen Keller (autobio)
Ambassador Extraordinary : Clare Boothe Luce / by Alden Hatch
I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou [and others of her
autobiographical series]

More like fiction, but still non:

The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio : how my mother raised 10 kids on 25
words or less / Terry Ryan
Mama's bank account / Kathryn Forbes
The egg and I / Betty MacDonald
Life with father / Clarence Day
Life with mother / Clarence Day
Once upon a town : the miracle of the North Platte Canteen / Bob Greene

[Some of these are also very funny]

Fiction:

The Children of Earth series / Jean Auel
Their eyes were watching God / Zora Neale Thurston
The Color purple / Alice Walker

Just a few thoughts -- hope they help!

Lynn S. Smith-Roberts
Librarian II

Carmichael Regional Library
Sacramento Public Library

5608 Marconi Avenue
Carmichael, CA 95608

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On Behalf Of Inken Purvis
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:03 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Reading Plan/List Ideas

Hello,
I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a

friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes

stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've
found
a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want
the
books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.

She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The

Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would
like to
try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
Personal History - Katherine Graham
The Other Boleyn Girl
Fatherland
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
One Thousand White Women

If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.

FROM: "Susan Lohr" <[removed]@stratford.lib.ct.us>
REC'D: 2/26/05, 2:10 PM

One more historical fiction to suggest:
The Canterbury Papers by Judith Koll Healey
(The main character French princess Alais is the "ordinary" character in her circle (she is involved in extraordinary situations, whether she likes them or not, and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry, etc. are among the other characters).

Susan

Susan Lohr
Stratford Library Association
Stratford, CT
(203)385-4164

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/27/05, 1:57 PM

One book I've recommended many times on this list is an oldie--"Lonesome
Traveler," by Weldon Hill. Clem Marlow is a very ordinary 14-year-old boy
who gets into an extraordinary circumstance when he decides to travel by
donkey cart (he winds up having to walk most of the way because his donk
won't pull the cart with him in it!) from NE Oklahoma to Carrizozo, NM,
where his mother is in a TB hospital.

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/27/05, 2:02 PM

>From: "Amanda Samland" <[removed]@aibonline.org>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Reading Plan/List Ideas
>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:28:15 -0600
>
>I would suggest the Traveler's Wife for her. I loved it!
>

Amanda, is that supposed to be "The *Time* Traveler's Wife"?

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/27/05, 2:14 PM

How about Frazier's "Cold Mountain"?

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/27/05, 2:14 PM

Much historical fiction could be described by the terms you use. For
instance, Amelia Bean's "The Fancher Train," which is based on the Mountain
Meadows Massacre of 1856, concerns a wagon train full of ordinary Westering
emigrants who find themselves caught up in the Mormons' troubles with the
rest of the world. Robert Lewis Taylor's novels always focus on an ordinary
person (often a young boy) who ends up travelling to exotic parts (Gold Rush
California or Montana, Mexico during the War, remote post-Civil-War Florida)
and meeting assorted types of humanity. Jack Schaefer's tales, though
nominally Westerns, are very historical and, like Ross Santee's "Cowboy" and
"The Bubbling Spring" and James Boyd's "Bitter Creek," focus on ordinary
people who go West and are tested by the conditions they find there. Judith
Alter's biographical novels have a similar ambience. So do many of Irving
Stone's, especially "Immortal Wife" and "Love is Eternal," which focus on
the *wives* of John C. Fremont and Abe Lincoln, both of whom would probably
have defined themselves as "ordinary" women. And on and on.

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/27/05, 2:25 PM

>From: "HOL Mary Vanderkooy" <[removed]@llcoop.org>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Reading Plan/List Ideas
>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:46:28 -0500
>
>
>I think Follow The River by James Alexander Thom would be a good choice for
>historical fiction.
>

A similar book is Marly Youmans's "Catherwood."

FROM: "Glenda Cross" <[removed]@cpinternet.com>
REC'D: 2/27/05, 5:43 PM

How about The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, one of my favorites!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Inken Purvis" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: Reading Plan/List Ideas

> Hello,
> I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a
> friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes
> stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've
found
> a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
> Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want
the
> books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.
>
> She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
> ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
> Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The
> Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would like
to
> try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
> Personal History - Katherine Graham
> The Other Boleyn Girl
> Fatherland
> The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
> One Thousand White Women
>
> If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.
>
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FROM: "Amanda Samland" <[removed]@aibonline.org>
REC'D: 2/28/05, 9:05 AM

I apologize, I meant to suggest the Time Traveler's Wife. Thank you for
the correction! :)

Amanda Samland

>>> [removed]@hotmail.com 2/27/2005 1:56:18 PM >>>

>From: "Amanda Samland" <[removed]@aibonline.org>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Reading Plan/List Ideas
>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:28:15 -0600
>
>I would suggest the Traveler's Wife for her. I loved it!
>

Amanda, is that supposed to be "The *Time* Traveler's Wife"?

FROM: "Julia Churchill" <[removed]@lib.oak-lawn.il.us>
REC'D: 2/28/05, 3:05 PM

I just read "Hot Target" by Suzanne Brockmann and I would highly
recommend it. I would call it romantic suspense. I liked the main story line
but I must confess I was more pulled in by the gay subplot. I hope she
writes more about Jules.

Two more that I would recommend are "Watchers" and "Strangers" by Dean
Koontz. Both books involve ordinary people who get involved in extraordinary
adventures.

Julia Churchill
Senior Librarian
Oak Lawn Public Library
Oak Lawn, Illinois

Time is a gypsy caravan
Steals away in the night
To leave you stranded in dreamland
Distance is a long-range filter
Memory a flickering light
Left behind in the heartland - Rush

> Hello,
> I am an MLIS student and I've been asked to prepare a reading plan for a
> friend. Having questioned her at some length, I've discovered she likes
> stories about "ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." I've
found
> a few books I think she may like but I don't want to only go down the
> Women's Fiction route, which is where I seem to be heading. And I want
the
> books to follow a logical plan, not just be random selections.
>
> She does NOT like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mysteries, westerns, gentle reads,
> ChickLit or inspirational fiction. She does like Classical Literature,
> Romantic Suspense, or what I call Literary Fiction (examples include The
> Lovely Bones, Smart Women, Middlemarch, Holidays on Ice). She would like
to
> try historical fiction or alternative history. So far I have
> Personal History - Katherine Graham
> The Other Boleyn Girl
> Fatherland
> The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
> One Thousand White Women
>
> If anyone else has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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FROM: Ramona Flores <[removed]@lorain.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 3/1/05, 2:11 PM

If you are going to use any non-fiction in this list, I would suggest Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why / Laurence Gonzalez; W.W. Norton, October 2003. True stories of ordinary people who survive extraordinary circumstances, plus a deeper exploration of what enables some people to stay "focused and alive" while "90% of people freeze or panic." A book that is both a page-turner and a thoughtful treatment of what fits us for survival, whether we fall off a mountain or experience personal chaos and loss.

Ramona Flores
Adult Services Librarian
Lorain Public Library System
351 Sixth Street
Lorain, Ohio 44052
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