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  • Internet Express 2 - Searching
    When: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 9:30 AM
    Where: Computer Training Room

    Learn how to use the library's search directory, and the search engines Google and Yahoo....
  • Read to Rover
    When: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 10:00 AM
    Where: Story Room

    Tails are wagging at Read to Rover. Cuddle up with a good book and one...
  • Ready to Read Family Workshop
    When: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 10:00 AM
    Where: Community Rooms B-C

    Help your child develop the skills necessary to be ready to read. Early literacy...
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The Rakow Readers Book Group is for readers interested in reading and discussing contemporary fiction and nonfiction. The group meets the fourth Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Rakow Branch. New members are always welcome! To join, please contact Susan Farnham via or at 847-531-7271.


2010 Schedule

Oxygen

January 25, 2010
Oxygen

By Cassella, Carol

A compelling, complex, and riveting debut by a real-life anesthesiologist, "Oxygen" is at once a lyrically written medical adventure and a heartfelt drama in the tradition of Chris Bohjalian's "Midwives" and Jodi Picoult's "My Sister's Keeper." …More

 

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet



February 22, 2010
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

By Ford, Jamie

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Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought [stirringly] to life (Jim Tomlinson, author of "Things Kept, Things Left Behind"). …More

Mermaids in the Basement

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March 22, 2010
Mermaids in the Basement

By West, Michael Lee

The bestselling author of Crazy Ladies returns with a funny and poignant tale that explores the complex bonds between a daughter and her father. …More

American Wife



April 26, 2010
American Wife

By Sittenfeld, Curtis

A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. In her small Wisconsin hometown, she learns the virtues of politeness, but a tragic accident when she is seventeen shatters her identity and changes the trajectory of her life. More than a decade later, when the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family sweeps her off her feet, she is surprised to find herself admitted into a world of privilege. And when her husband unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she discovers that she is married to a man she both loves and fundamentally disagrees with-and that her private beliefs increasingly run against her public persona. As her husband's presidency enters its second term, Alice must confront contradictions years in the making and face questions nearly impossible to answer. …More

Away

May 24, 2010
Away

By Bloom, Amy

At once heartbreaking, romantic, and completely unforgettable, "Away" is the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, who emigrates to America after her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom. …More

The Day the Falls Stood Still

June 28, 2010
The Day the Falls Stood Still

By Buchanan, Cathy Marie

In the tradition of "City of Light" and "Fortune's Rocks" comes a stunning debut novel of one family's struggle, set against the tumultuous backdrop of Niagara Falls. …More

 

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