Barb's Picks

Life After Life (Hardcover)

$27.99

ISBN-13: 9780316176484
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Published: Reagan Arthur Books, 4/2013

Don't mistake this for a Jackson Brody novel. This one focuses on Ursula Todd, a woman who doesn't realize that she is living her life over and over. Ursula suffers second chances that lead to alternate histories, both personal and global. I loved figuring out the puzzling structure. A reading tip for you: read from “Snow” to “Snow.”

- Barb

Ghana Must Go (Hardcover)

By Taiye Selasi

$25.95

ISBN-13: 9781594204494
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Published: Penguin Press HC, The, 3/2013

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The core of this novel is the universal misunderstandings between children and parents. As a mother of adult children, I connected with this story of the Sai family. They cope but grow distant from each other after the father abandons his family in the U. S. to return to Ghana. When his adult children and their mother gather there for his funeral, the family's secrets and expectations bubble to the surface.

- Barb

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Hardcover)

By Sheryl Sandberg

$24.95

ISBN-13: 9780385349949
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Published: Knopf, 3/2013

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Even if you've seen her interviews, it's worth reading Sandberg's whole argument before you decide whether or not you agree with Sandberg or not. Informative, personal, well-researched, engaging, and persuasive. I wish it had been available when I started my career and family years ago. A great graduation gift.