In Miracle Creek, a small town in Virginia, the immigrant Yoo family has started a new business: Miracle Submarine, a center for hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT. Touted as a treatment for a variety of medical conditions, their HBOT chamber (basically a big pressurized oxygen tank) has drawn clients with cerebral palsy, autism, and infertility.…
In our world, faith is not something we talk about much. Family Sunday mornings are more often built around soccer games or brunches than heading to church. Yet questions of faith and belief still resonate. At some point most of us struggle with the big questions: Does God exist? And if so, why do bad…
I was captivated right off the bat by this book's title and cover. Both are such perfect representations of what is inside: enigmatic, a little dirt-stained, filled with many shades of gray -- but mostly, two people holding each other. The book radiates with love flowering in the most difficult circumstances. It's the story of…
The Kamchatka Peninsula is as far east as you can go in Russia. Set in the North Pacific Ocean, it is about the size of New Zealand but only has about 400,000 residents. Its isolation and beauty make it unique, as does its ethos – a juxtaposition of Russian culture, indigenous tribes, and the legacy…
Lisa See's latest novel is set on a beautiful volcanic island off the coast of South Korea called Jeju. Nowadays it's called "Honeymoon Island," but until the end of the 20th century, it was the home of the haenyo, or sea women. These women formed diving collectives and caught seafood to feed and support their…
On a beautiful fall morning in Paris, things are not normal. Kate Moore, expat American in Paris, mother of two, and clandestine CIA agent, senses it almost immediately. There are sirens in the distance, too many, coming closer, and she wonders if this is the day her world will begin to fall apart. Over the…
Professor Chandra, noted Cambridge economics professor, has been passed over for the Nobel Prize. Again. Estranged from his family, and realizing that the prize may be forever out of his reach, he finds himself adrift. After an unexpected bicycle accident, he takes a temporary position in Orange County and tries to reconnect with his ex-wife…
Martin Scarsden is a journalist whose career has stalled. After surviving a terrifying incident in the Middle East, he has returned to his job in Sydney but is struggling with PTSD. His editor, hoping to give Martin a way back, sends him to Riversend, a drought-ridden rural Australian town, where a mass shooting occurred a…
Have you heard about our Adult Winter Reading Club this year? If you read two "Up Lit" books between January 15 and March 15, we'll enter you into a drawing to win a $50 gift card! What is "Up Lit," you ask? Kind of what it sounds like - uplifting books that tell stories of…
I have to admit, the premise of this book did not initially attract me. A mermaid? In 18th century London? But the reviews were fantastic and the cover is stunning, so when I heard a publisher's representative rave about the book, I thought I'd give it a try. I'm so glad I did! Imogen Hermes…
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