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Making Rounds With Oscar
David Dosa

We all know a special pet that has touched our heart and had a huge affect on our lives.  Well, meet Oscar,  truely a special tabby cat. A resident of Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I., he is very sensitive to patients that are near death and will plant himself on their bed until their passing. At first that may seem a bit unsettling, but he has given great comfort to many families who were so glad that their loved one did not die alone. ...   >> Read more

Serena
Ron
Rash

Serena, by Ron Rash is a tale of greed and the thoughtless pursuit of power.  This historical novel is set in the early 1930's in the North Carolina mountains.  The main characters are George and Serena Pemberton, just married, who have traveled from Boston to North Carolina in order to create a timber empire. Their goal is to cut every tree in North Carolina and then move on to Brazil and do the same.

When Ron Rash started writing Serena, he pictured a...   >> Read more

The Penny
Joyce
Meyer

Just think of the small things in your life that have made a difference. Our lives are made up of small things we may never consider as important. This endearing novel keeps its focus on a single penny that surrounds the life of Jenny Blake. She is a very strong 14-year-old girl growing up in the 1950s in St. Louis, Mo., a part of the segregated South. I was only 6 years old in the summer of 1955, but the memories of my community in the later 1950s and 1960s were so similar....   >> Read more