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Ever since Seattle started the trend in 1998, the phenomenon of One Book, One Community reading programs has been growing steadily across the country. Vintage and Anchor Books are proud supporters of these community-based reading initiatives, and whether you're already established or just getting started, we're pleased to offer a wide range of resources. Read on for selected favorites, new suggestions, on-line resources, and more.
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Suggested Titles How do you choose the best selection for your community reading program? Take a look at what communities around the country have been reading. We've also added a few suggestions of our own--books with subjects and themes that lend themselves to great community discussion. |
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"A deeply moving novel...delightful and poignant.... Like the best of poetry, it opens the windows of the heart without a wasted word."
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"This majestic, moving novel is an instant classic, that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives."
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"A novel so foursquare, so delicate and lovely, that it has power to exalt the reader."
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"A novel that brilliantly illuminates some of the darker interconnections between politics and sex. . . . Just as the world of Orwell's 1984 gripped our imaginations, so will the world of Atwood's handmaid!"
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"Prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes. . . . Adichie's understanding of a young girl's heart is so acute that her story ultimately rises above its setting and makes her little part of Nigeria seem as close and vivid as Eudora Welty's Mississippi."
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"Chris Bohjalian's many fans will be glad to know he's back on the high wire, expertly balancing topical issues with the more timeless concerns of the human heart. His well-drawn, sympathetic characters deepen and intensify the novel's gripping plot rather than simply serving it. BEFORE YOU KNOW KINDNESS is smart, first-rate storytelling."
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"A grand memoir. . . . Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love . . . he will make you cry."
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"A beautifully written memoir that is a meditation on how land and her life will always be
intertwined."
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"[THE PRICE OF A CHILD is] a stunning achievement . . . a deeply engrossing story. . . . Cary's impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along."
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"With precision and poetry, this . . . absorbing volume [gives] readers a rare opportunity for insight into the complexities of race in America."
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"What most distinguishes FAMILY . . . is its persistent affirmation of the power of the human spirit to do battle with evil--and to win, even if only for a while. . . . It has a compelling voice."
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"Vibrant, magic. . . . Wraps readers into the haunting life of a young Haitian girl."
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"A page-turner with a beating heart."
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"A curiously compelling . . . satire of human foibles, and a light-stepping commentary on censorship and totalitarianism."
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"A gripping portrait of a family. . . . Goldberg is a terrifically smart, acutely talented writer."
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"Transporting. . . . Dares us to examine the mysteries of faith and redemption. . . . Balances on the tension between belief and despair without ever losing its sense of mystery."
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"This original and affecting novel is a triumph of empathy."
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"A play that changed American theater forever."
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"Bitterly poetic and ruthlessly philosophical. . . . A powerful message to people
contemplating the escalation of the war against terrorism."
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"Astonishing. Not since Angels in America has a play attempted so much: nothing less than an examination of the American psyche at the end of the millennium."
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"A remarkable book. . . . As an account of growing up female and Chinese-American . . . it is anti-nostalgia; it burns the fat right out of the mind."
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"Riveting . . . lyrical. . . . An indelible portrait of a remarkable woman. . . . [A] brutal and beautiful novel."
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"A brilliant evocation of human sorrow and desire. . . . Heartbreaking and exhilarating. . . . As vivid as a fairy tale, as allusive as a poem."
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"A superb description of modern military culture and one of the most gripping accounts of university life. . . . Powerful. . . . Wonderfully told."
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"This fresh, unsentimental look at what slave owning does to (and for) one's interior life must be
a first. And the writing--so prised and clean-limbed--is a marvel."
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"One of the best, most charming, honest, hilarious and life-affirming books to appear in years."
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"Touches and dazzles and entertains.
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"A masterwork. . . . Wonderful. . . . I can't imagine American literature without it."
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"Powerful and life-affirming, this is the kind of exciting memoir that marks a reader forever."
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"WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE is a novel about loyalty, about identity, and about being other in America during uncertain times."
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"Packer's novel explores how life itself can confront ordinary human beings with daunting
moral dilemmas."
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"Deeply moving. . . . Sister Prejean is an excellent writer, direct and honest and unsentimental; her accounts of crime and punishment are gripping, and her argument is persuasive."
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"Nobody does small-town life better than Richard Russo."
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"Gives the rest of the world a glimpse into that dark place where the human spirit continues, against all odds, to shine its light."
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"Stunning. . . . Heartbreaking. . . . This novelist is destined for great things."
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"Marvelous. . . . Edgar Mint is nobody's Everyman, but he is the hope and the pain of a child looking for, and eventually finding, a home."
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If you're looking for a novel that brilliantly evokes the people and landscape of a specific area or a nonfiction book with a regional focus, the following titles make for perfect selections. From the Pacific Northwest to the deep South, these authors have a talent for immersing the reader in a setting and creating a completely unique reading experience. Northeast & Mid-Atlantic
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How We Can Help There are a number of ways Vintage and Anchor Books help support One Book, One Community reading programs around the country. From contacting authors to providing poster and bookmark templates, we can help provide the materials and information you need.
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On-line Resources Visit these Web sites to find out more information about One Book, One Community programs across the country.
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