For February: Books You'll Love

To celebrate February and the month of love and romance, we bring to you these three new books that readers will surely fall in love with. 

We hope you will visit us soon to pick up these and many more new books. Happy reading!

Art of Hearing Heartbeats: a Novel By Jan-Philipp Sendker, January 2012, 286 pages.  

A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, this novel spans the decades between the 1950s and the present. When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father's past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the reader's belief in the power of love to move mountains.

The House I Loved By Tatiana de Rosnay, February 2012, pages.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sarah's Key and A Secret Kept comes an absorbing new novel about one woman's resistance during an époque that shook Paris to its very core. The novel is set in the 1860’s when Napoleon III decided to modernize Paris, razing whole neighborhoods in the process. The main character, Rose Bazelet, refuses to leave her home and writes letters to her beloved deceased husband, remembering the past and its secrets. Readers who enjoyed the author’s previous novels will also love this new book.

All There Is: Love Stories from Story Corp By Dave Isay, February 2012, 176 pages.

The founder of Storycorps, a national project that records, shares, and preserves the lives of Americans from all backgrounds, shares stories of love and marriage, revealing the many and remarkable paths that relationships can take. From the excitement and anticipation of courtship to the deep connection of lifelong commitment, we discover that love is found in the most unexpected of places-a New York toll booth, a military base in Iraq, an airport lounge. As the storytellers in this book start careers, build homes, and raise families, we witness the life-affirming joy of partnership, the comfort of shared sorrows, and profound gratitude in the face of loss. This powerful collection bears witness to real love, in its many varied forms, enriching our understanding of that most magical feeling.

Reviews brought to you each week by ibrarians Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein and Heather Timko, Adult Services Division, y.