Second floor favorites for 2009
If you could pick one book that you really enjoyed this year, what would it be? Here’s a list of some of our favorites published in 2009. It’s a bit of a random assortment, but it’s all good, just like the second floor librarians. 
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Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
“In this deeply affectionate and fiercely funny coming-of-age novel, Whitehead–using the perpetual mortification of teenage existence and the desperate quest for reinvention–beautifully explores racial and class identity, illustrating the complex rhythms of the adult world.” |
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof
“Two Pulitzer Prize winners issue a call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women in the developing world.” |
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Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament by S.G. Browne
“Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Abandoned by his friends and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting. But all that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and meets a few kindred souls.” |
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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
“In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII’s court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king’s favor and ascend to the heights of political power.” |
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Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen
“‘Louisa May Alcott’ is a vivid, energetic account of the life of the creator of “Little Women”–a revelatory portrait that presents the popular author as she was and as she has never been seen before.” |
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Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr
“Karr pens the long-awaited sequel to the beloved and bestselling ‘The Liars’ Club‘ in her memoir about a self-professed blackbelt sinner’s descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection.” |
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