A few years earlier
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/6/03, 2:42 PM
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FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 2/6/03, 2:52 PM
Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ
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-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor
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Seeing the thread for WW2 homefront fiction inspires me to ask for
suggestions about books set in the US during the Depression. I am
especially interested in the experiences of ordinary people, the kind who
didn't starve and didn't lose their home but had to practise "economies." I
will be glad to compile if there's interest.
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REC'D: 2/6/03, 4:07 PM
Subject: A few years earlier
From: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:31:49 +0000
Seeing the thread for WW2 homefront fiction inspires me to ask for
suggestions about books set in the US during the Depression. I am
especially interested in the experiences of ordinary people, the kind who
didn't starve and didn't lose their home but had to practise "economies." I
will be glad to compile if there's interest.
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Subject: Re: realistic fiction
From: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 13:32:30 -0700
One of my favorite books last year: The Dive from Clausen's Pier. Also,
Yakota Officer's Club is very good.
Lisa
Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ
....my views are my own....
-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor
>>> [removed]@webrary.org 02/06/03 12:19PM >>>
Hello,
I have a patron looking for suggestions on realistic fiction. She defines
realistic fiction as books similar to Anne Tyler. I was thinking about
Alice Hoffman as a possibility. Does anyone have any further suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Melissa Rice
Reference/Reader's Services Librarian
Morton Grove Public Library
6140 Lincoln Ave., Morton Grove, IL 60053
(847) 965-4220
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Subject: RE: WWII Homefront
From: "Maureen Socha" <[removed]@carmel.lib.in.us>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 15:50:31
I thought of another one -
"Sophie and the Rising Sun" by Augusta Trobaugh - 1941, Sophie who lives in
a small town in the South, falls in love with a Japanese American gardener.
After the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, she helps to hide him. Again,
themes of the Japanese American experience, effects of racism and prejudice.
Thanks!
At 11:28 AM 2/6/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>One of my very favorite novels (and trilogies) is the Faith on the
Homefront series by Penelope Stokes. A small Mississippi town is the
setting for this inspirational trilogy of the wives and families of
soldiers in WW II. It begins with Home Fires Burning.
>
>Another good -- and very different -- choice is Marge Piercy's Gone to
Soldiers. It takes place both here and in Europe, multiple points of view,
and very powerful writing.
>
>Roberta S. Johnson
>Readers' Services Librarian
>Des Plaines Public Library
>1501 Ellinwood St. Des Plaines, IL 60016
>www.dppl.org [removed]@dppl.org
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joan Cales [[removed]@wpl.org]
>Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:02 AM
>To: Fiction_L
>Subject: WWII Homefront
>
>
>I am helping the Kansas Humanities Council put together a TALK series on
>WWII and the homefront. I searched the FictionL Archives, but they all have
>to do with the war overseas. - Anyone have any suggestions? I will post the
>list.
>Joan M. Cales
>Special Services Librarian
>Winfield Public Library
>605 College
>Winfield, KS. 67156
>www.wpl.org
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Subject: Re: realistic fiction
From: "Maureen Socha" <[removed]@carmel.lib.in.us>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 15:52:42
Elizabeth Berg
Sue Miller
At 01:19 PM 2/6/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a patron looking for suggestions on realistic fiction. She defines
>realistic fiction as books similar to Anne Tyler. I was thinking about
>Alice Hoffman as a possibility. Does anyone have any further suggestions?
>
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>
>Melissa Rice
>Reference/Reader's Services Librarian
>Morton Grove Public Library
>6140 Lincoln Ave., Morton Grove, IL 60053
>(847) 965-4220
[removed]@webrary.org
>http://www.webrary.org
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>official Library policy.
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Carmel Clay Public Library
55 4th Ave SE
Carmel, IN 46032
(317) 814-3948
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Subject: Re: realistic fiction
From: "Joan Cales" <[removed]@wpl.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 14:35:57 -0600
How about Adriana Trigiani's Stone Gap Series?
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From: "Melissa Rice" <[removed]@webrary.org>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:19 PM
Subject: realistic fiction
> Hello,
>
> I have a patron looking for suggestions on realistic fiction. She defines
> realistic fiction as books similar to Anne Tyler. I was thinking about
> Alice Hoffman as a possibility. Does anyone have any further suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Melissa Rice
> Reference/Reader's Services Librarian
> Morton Grove Public Library
> 6140 Lincoln Ave., Morton Grove, IL 60053
> (847) 965-4220
> [removed]@webrary.org
> http://www.webrary.org
> Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
> official Library policy.
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Subject: Re: A few years earlier
From: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 13:36:19 -0700
The first one that came to my mind is the young adult tiele, Out of the Dust
by Karen hesse.
Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ
....my views are my own....
-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor
>>> [removed]@hotmail.com 02/06/03 01:31PM >>>
Seeing the thread for WW2 homefront fiction inspires me to ask for
suggestions about books set in the US during the Depression. I am
especially interested in the experiences of ordinary people, the kind who
didn't starve and didn't lose their home but had to practise "economies." I
will be glad to compile if there's interest.
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Subject: RE: audio book company question
From: "Jeanne Dunn" <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:43:41 -0500
Renee
Try the following web site:
http://brandoclassicotr.com/store/couplenextdoor.htm to see if this is what
you want.
Jeanne Dunn
Acquisition Specialist
Geauga County Public Library
12701 Ravenwood Dr.
Chardon, OH 44024
Phone: 440-286-6811
Fax: 440-286-7419
e-mail: [removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us
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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Renee Zurn
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:22 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: audio book company question
Help! I have a patron who donated an older audio book and would like me to
order the rest in the series.
The audio book is "The Couple Next Door" c1997, from Adventures in
Cassettes, a division of Metacom in Plymouth, MN.
I have not had any luck tracking them down. Thanks for any help I may
receive.
Renee Zurn
Duluth Public Library
520 W. Superior St.
Duluth MN 55802
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Subject: Re: audio book company question
From: "Jean Trainor" <[removed]@fnsb.lib.ak.us>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:49:27 -0900
Metacom, Incorporated
ISBN Prefix(s): 0-7672; 0-88676
Type of Company: Publisher; Distributor
Status: ACTIVE
Editorial Mailing Address:
7303 Boone Ave. N.
New Hope, MN 55428-1009 USA
SAN: 265-279X
Local Phone: 612-553-2000
Local Fax: 612-553-0424
Toll-Free Phone: 800-328-4818
This from Books-in-print.
Jean Trainor
FNSB Public Library
Fairbanks, AK
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Subject: RE: sports writer
From: "Sheri Stevens" <[removed]@nioga.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:53:20 -0500
That would be Another shot: how I relived my life in less than a year by
Joe Kita.
Sheri Stevens
Reference Librarian
Lockport Public Library
23 East Ave. / P.O. Box 475
Lockport, NY 14095-0475
(716) 433-5935
email: [removed]@nioga.org
web site: www.lockportlibrary.org
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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Sally Abromovich
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:06 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: sports writer
I have a patron who is looking for a book written by a journalist who
wrote for a magazine like "The Outdoors", "Sports Illustrated", or
"Outside." He persuaded his magazine to give him an advance, so he would
be able to write a book. He was forty something at the time and possibly
lived in New Jersey. He went back to his hometown (maybe in the midwest)
and played baseball with his high school team. He traveled to Florida and
learned surfing. He tried to date his high school sweetheart , but his
wife wouldn't have it. The author even had a full body CAT scan. The
patron thought the title of the book was something like "Second Time
Around".
Thanks for all your help
Sally Abromovich
Public Services Librarian
Daniel Boone Regional Library
100 W. Broadway
Columbia, Missouri 65203
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phone (573) 817-7042
FAX (573) 443-3281
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Subject: Re: realistic fiction
From: "Margaret Mallett" <[removed]@itpld.lib.il.us>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 14:51:27 -0600
Laurie Colwin and Sara Lewis write about ordinary people.
Alice Hoffman writes with some magical realism, so that might not fit.
Margaret Mallett
Reference Librarian
IndianTrails Public Library
355 So. Schoenbeck Road
Wheeling IL 60090
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Subject: Re: audio book company question
From: "Renee Zurn" <[removed]@duluth.lib.mn.us>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 15:01:09 -0600
Thanks for the information unfortunately it is not correct. The 800 number
rings in the business next door where the receptionist told me they went out
of business a couple of years ago. The 612 # is disconnected also.
Renee
>>> [removed]@fnsb.lib.ak.us 02/06/03 02:49PM >>>
Metacom, Incorporated
ISBN Prefix(s): 0-7672; 0-88676
Type of Company: Publisher; Distributor
Status: ACTIVE
Editorial Mailing Address:
7303 Boone Ave. N.
New Hope, MN 55428-1009 USA
SAN: 265-279X
Local Phone: 612-553-2000
Local Fax: 612-553-0424
Toll-Free Phone: 800-328-4818
This from Books-in-print.
Jean Trainor
FNSB Public Library
Fairbanks, AK
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Subject: RE: WWII Homefront
From: "BookBitch" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 16:04:12 -0500
When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka - a Japanese family is sent to
an internment camp
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson - set just after the war, also
deals with internment camps
Last Day of Summer by Steve Kluger - the war is a secondary though integral
part of the story
Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System
www.pbclibrary.org
I am the BookBitch
www.bookbitch.com <http://www.bookbitch.com/>
Win a copy of RESURRECTION MEN
by Ian Rankin, Feb. 1-28, 2003
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Subject: RE: audio book company question
From: "Renee Zurn" <[removed]@duluth.lib.mn.us>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 15:05:36 -0600
Jeanne, this is the content I want but not the format. Most of my patrons
are still using audio tapes, not MP3 discs.
Renee
>>> [removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us 02/06/03 02:43PM >>>
Renee
Try the following web site:
http://brandoclassicotr.com/store/couplenextdoor.htm to see if this is what
you want.
Jeanne Dunn
Acquisition Specialist
Geauga County Public Library
12701 Ravenwood Dr.
Chardon, OH 44024
Phone: 440-286-6811
Fax: 440-286-7419
e-mail: [removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us
-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Renee Zurn
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:22 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: audio book company question
Help! I have a patron who donated an older audio book and would like me to
order the rest in the series.
The audio book is "The Couple Next Door" c1997, from Adventures in
Cassettes, a division of Metacom in Plymouth, MN.
I have not had any luck tracking them down. Thanks for any help I may
receive.
Renee Zurn
Duluth Public Library
520 W. Superior St.
Duluth MN 55802
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Subject: RE: audio book company question
From: "Jeanne Dunn" <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 16:23:56 -0500
If at first you don't success... How about www.radiomemories.com . It looks
as though they have audio tapes, CDs and MP3s.
Good luck.
Jeanne Dunn
Acquisition Specialist
Geauga County Public Library
12701 Ravenwood Dr.
Chardon, OH 44024
Phone: 440-286-6811
Fax: 440-286-7419
e-mail: [removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us
-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Renee Zurn
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:22 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: audio book company question
Help! I have a patron who donated an older audio book and would like me to
order the rest in the series.
The audio book is "The Couple Next Door" c1997, from Adventures in
Cassettes, a division of Metacom in Plymouth, MN.
I have not had any luck tracking them down. Thanks for any help I may
receive.
Renee Zurn
Duluth Public Library
520 W. Superior St.
Duluth MN 55802
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Subject: juv fic story about orphan set in Wild West
From: "Amy Schlumpf Manion" <[removed]@aurora.edu>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 15:28:17 -0600
I have another juvenile fiction ID request. My husband remembers a book
his teacher read to him in the 70s set in the (U.S.) "Wild West." It is
about a boy who believes he is an orphan. At some point in the story a
man comes into town. The boy and the man have a milk-drinking contest
and it turns out that the man is really the boy's father. I've checked
NoveList and WorldCat using every possible keyword combination I could
think of without success. Does it sound familiar to anyone? Thanks.
--
Amy Schlumpf Manion
Assistant Information Services Librarian
Aurora University
Aurora, IL
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Subject: Scottish Romance Title
From: <[removed]@uiuc.edu>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:33:05 -0600
Can anyone help me find a title? A friend recommended a
Scottish historical romance but couldn't remember the title.
The hero was deaf, but kept it a secret by reading lips,
until the heroine finds out. Thank you!
Elizabeth Morris, graduate student
Graduate School of Library & Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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FROM: RYOUNGERMAN <[removed]@mail.selco.lib.mn.us>
REC'D: 2/6/03, 5:30 PM
Algren, Nelson. A Walk on the Wild Side
Banning, Margaret Culken. Mesabi
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March
Buechner, Frederick. The Wizard's Tide
Christopher, Nicholas. Franklin Flyer
Clauser, Suzanne. A Girl Named Sooner
Collins, Max. Road to Perdition
Connell, Evan S. Mr. Bridge; Mrs. Bridge
Craven, Margaret. WAlk Gently This Good Earth
Dallas Sandra. The Persian Pickle Club
Doctorow, E. L. Billy Bathgate; Loon Lake; World's Fair
Doig, Ivan. Bucking the Sun
Fast, Howard. Power
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby; The Price Was Hight-Stories
Flagg, Fannie. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Garlock, Dorothy. With Hope
Gibbons, Kaye. A Cure for Dreams
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God
Irving, John. The Cider House Rules
Kennedy, William. An Albany Trio; Billy Phelan's Greatest Game; Ironweed
Lansdale, Joe. The Bottoms
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird
McCarthy, Cormac. The Orchard Keeper
Oates, Joyce Carol. Garden of Earthly Delight
Pearce, Donn. Cool Hand Luke
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead
Shreve, Anita. Sea Glass
Shute, Nevil. Kindling
Sinclair, Upton. Between Two Worlds
Smith, Betty. Joy in the Morning
Steinbeck, John. **most everything**
Sullivan, Faith. The Cape Ann
Thone, Bodie & Brock. Shiloh Autumn
Warren, Robert Penn. All the King's Men
Welty, Eudora. Losing Battles
Williams, Jeanne. The Longest Road
Wolfe, Thomas. You Can't Go Home Again
Wright, Richard. Lawd Today; Native Son
Robin Youngerman
Winona Public Library
Winona, MN
christine jeffords wrote:
> Seeing the thread for WW2 homefront fiction inspires me to ask for
> suggestions about books set in the US during the Depression. I am
> especially interested in the experiences of ordinary people, the kind who
> didn't starve and didn't lose their home but had to practise "economies." I
> will be glad to compile if there's interest.
>
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