Fiction

Here I Am Jonathan Safran Foer

HERE I AM is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. While the reader will find emotional urgency, there is a wonderful balance of hilarious irreverence. 

 

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Let Me Be Frank With You Richard Ford

LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU is a collection of four connected stories told by Frank Bascombe, one of the most famous characters in American literature. The tales are wry, profane and comedic while the base is the terrible storm Sandy. 

 

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Be Mine Richard Ford

BE MINE is the return of one of the most beloved heroes in American literature, and the subject of Richard Ford's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Sportswriter. For decades, readers have yearned to read more about Frank Bascombe and this new release delivers a funny, touching and profound work. Critics call...

Canada Richard Ford

CANADA tells the story of a brother and sister growing up in a small town, whose normal, regular, average parents rob a bank. The teenagers attempt to redefine their lives is a resonant and luminous read destined to become a classic. 

 

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Songs of Willow Frost Jamie Ford

SONGS OF WILLOW FROST is set in the depression, and follows a young Chinese-American orphan who is mesmerized by an actress he sees on the screen of a movie theater. The protagonist is certain that the actress is really his mother, and that thought drives a sweeping novel that will resonate with anyone who has ever...

Booth Karern Joy Fowler

BOOTH brings the reader to a complete understanding of how the most infamous figure in American history became the man who asasssinated President Lincoln. Meticulous research and brilliant writing follows John Wilkes Booth and his strange secret family from birh to that unforgivable night. The use of fiction allowed...

Purity Jonathan Franzen

PURITY is a grand story of youthful idealism, extreme fidelity and murder. The book follows a quixotic young woman from California to South America to Germany to unlock the secrets of who she really is.  This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for...

The Trackers Charles Frazier

THE TRACKERS is set during the roughest part of the depression and follows an artist attempting to track down the missing wife of his wealthy benefactor. 

 

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Varina Charles Frazier

VARINA brings Charles Frazier's readers back to the devastation of Cold Mountain, but with a meticulously researched and beautifully written inside look at the wife of Jefferson Davis, and how she was forced to cope with a life she never imaged after meeting the wealthy planter as a teenager.

 

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Fugitives of the Heart William Gay

FUGITIVES OF THE HEART is a coming-of-age story set in Depression era Tennessee, with characters and gorgeous language reminiscence of Mark Twain. There are two distinguishing features of this work: one is that it was discovered after the death of the author and the other is that our owner and founder, Jake Reiss calls...