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July 25, 2009

Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See

Until their father gambled away their family fortune, Pearl and May Chin were upper class Shanghai beauties. When midnight struck in 1937, these formerly carefree sisters were dispatched to California to be bartered off as wives for Chinese immigrants. Their difficult journey takes them through squalid villages, an American internment camp, and trials that will make them closer, yet more jealous and competitive.

Mortal Danger: Volume 13 of Ann Rule's Crime Files
by Ann Rule

Featured in this book is the case of a Southern California family man who appeared to be the picture of healthy living with his expertise in naturopathic healing. Luring a beautiful flight attendant into a passionate affair, he swept her away to a secluded home on the Oregon coast where his jealous rages escalated.

Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities
by Elizabeth Edwards

Many know of the strength Elizabeth Edwards had shown after her son, Wade, was killed in a freak car accident when he was only sixteen years old. She would exhibit this remarkable grace and courage again when the very private matter of her husband's infidelity became public.