Additional recommendations from Aleisha Wildon '92, assistant manager of the Messiah College Bookstore
A Year in Provence
by Peter Mayle
Add one British ex-pat Francophile to one idyllic village in the south of France and the result is
A Year in Provence. High jinks and hilarity ensue.
Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
On the surface
Chocolat is a novel about a favorite dessert food, on a deeper level it is a very poignant criticism of the exclusivity practices of the church. Please be sure to have plenty of Godiva on hand before you read this one.
Killer Smile
by Lisa Scottoline
If you are a Grisham fan, try
Killer Smile or any of Philly-native Scottoline’s legal thrillers. Mary DiNunzio and the spunky cast of lawyers from an all-woman Philadelphia firm will keep you on the edge of your seat right through the last page.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Rebecca Wells
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a laugh-out-loud tale of one woman’s attempt to come to terms with her southern heritage. Sometimes nourishing, sometimes constrictive, but always influential, Siddalee’s roots, as she discovers, are deeply imbedded in love.
Additional recommendation from Matthew Roth, assistant professor of English
The Orchard
by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
It's the best single volume of poetry I've read in the last decade. Every poem provides a remarkable mixture of beauty, insight, and emotional resonance.
Additional recommendation from Lawrie Merz, librarian and reference coordinator at Murray Library
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
A wife and four daughters follow their dogmatic husband/father to Africa where he feels compelled to set up a mission. The well developed characters have such distinct voices and each resonates with different readers — the materialistic who refuses to speak but plays incredible mental games in her silence, the ever resourceful and longsuffering wife. The book, while simply being a “good read,” also poses some challenging questions for Christians: Are missionaries’ good intentions or their actual effects what “count”? Is it possible to show more Christian love and not scorn the established church?
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