Sure there was a corpse in the back of the hearse, but that didn’t stop Monica and Julie from joyriding down Main Street.
Lost in the Stacks: Driving with Dead People
Posted by Julie Nelson on February 7, 2012
Lost in the Stacks: In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
Posted by Julie Nelson on November 1, 2011
A prison sentence transformed Neil White’s life forever, but it took a group of outcasts to show him the way.
Lost in the Stacks: Breath: A Lifetime in the Rhythm of an Iron Lung
Posted by Julie Nelson on October 4, 2011
Some people might see life in a tiny village, in the family home, in an iron lung, the ultimate confinement. Some might consider being fed and bathed and totally dependent on others no life at all –Martha Mason disagrees.
Lost in the Stacks: My Korean Deli
Posted by Julie Nelson on August 2, 2011
Gab decided she needed to buy her Korean mother a store, specifically a Korean deli in Brooklyn, so her mother could support herself and Gab could repay her mother for all her sacrifices. Husband Ben finds this plan to be a little lacking in commonsense.
Lost in the Stacks: The Foremost Good Fortune
Posted by Julie Nelson on July 5, 2011
Imagine being in a foreign country and being diagnosed with a potentially terminal illness. Imagine not having the words to describe your concerns and being faced with a culture which had different ideas about treatment. The Foremost Good Fortune by Susan Conley is a poignant, sometimes funny memoir about a bewildered outsider confronting her own mortality.
Lost in the Stacks: Tales of an African Vet
Posted by Julie Nelson on May 3, 2011
As the old medical saying goes, when you hear hoofbeats think horses not zebras, but for a veterinarian in South Africa those hoofbeats might very well belong to zebras!
Health memoir: Josie’s story
Posted by Julie Nelson on April 15, 2011
Although severely burned, little Josie was on the road to recovery until a devastating medical error had tragic consequences. Read this health memoir to discover what her mother did to make a difference.
While you’re waiting for that hot title…
Posted by Deborah Bryan on March 15, 2011
It’s a familiar story…the newest, hottest book by your favorite authors are all checked out and there is a long waiting list. Sometimes you might get lucky and find a copy in our bestseller express collection, but if you don’t here are some suggestions from Novelist Plus of similar books that you might enjo
