Charlotte's List

1. Water for Elephants By: Sara Gruen
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan By: Lisa See
3. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
By: Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Suite Francaise By: Irene Nemirovsky
5. The Memory Keepers Daughter By: Kim Edwards
6. EMPIRE FALLS, by Richard Russo, 2001 - 483 pages ...Winner of Pulitzer Prize, National Best Seller Listings, One of the first books suggested for the New York Times Book Club., has been made into a TV Movie.
"Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at Empire Grill for 20 years...A job that cost him his college education and much self-respect." What keeps him there? Is it his bright, sensitive daughter who needs his help? Is it Janice, Miles' soon- to-be ex-wife who has taken up with a Health Club Director? Or perhaps Francine, who owns everything in town and seems to believe everything includes Miles himself! The stirring mix of poignancy, drama and comedy overflows with hilarity , heartache and grace.

7. THIRTEEN MOONS, by Charles Frazier, 2006 - 420 pages ...The author won a National Book Award for his book, COLD MOUNTAIN. The book is a fictional account of a twelve year old orphan, Will Cooper. Will was originally an indentured servant, struggling to prosper in the upper South and in Washington, DC from the pioneering 1830's into the 20th Century complete with automobiles and telephones. The book is well worth reading, at times poetic and at times sorrowful

I should note that I have not read any of these books. I did some research online and these looked interesting to me. Amazon has summaries on them all. I added 2 more that my friend, Nancy told me about and she sent these summaries. Enjoy!