\n\u201cThe characters\u2026are intricately connected, across continents and decades, by a 19-\tdrawer \twooden desk\u2026.\u201d Paperback Row, NYTBR, 9\/25\/2011<\/p>\n
Life, like a good book, has assorted pieces that somehow make a whole.<\/p><\/div>\n Fall of Giants by Ken Follett<\/strong> (First of a 20th Century Trilogy) Multigenerational sagas, art at the heart of the story, worldly adventures, fiction, non-fiction, and more to come. Time will pass, the knee will heal, and the mind grows.<\/p>\n Then, next summer, Roseledge Books will be open and part of whatever is next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last post I mentioned the struggle of finding just-right-reads for a noteworthy reader soon to have a knee replaced. Then today\u2019s browse through NYTBR’s brought before my very eyes FOUR possibilities: Great House by Nicole Kraus \u201cThe characters\u2026are intricately connected, … Continue reading
\nThe Fall of the House of Walworth by Geoffrey O\u2019Brien<\/strong>
\n\u201c\u2026the gaudy, multigenerational story of an upper-crust family in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. \tbrought down by corruption, insanity and parricide.\u201d Paperback Row, NYTBR, 9\/25\/2011<\/p>\n![\"IMG_4309.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-RsgscDY5BIQ\/TVH6bkjJunI\/AAAAAAAAC9E\/AODK7WvEbcw\/IMG_4309.jpg\")
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\n\u201cFive interrelated families from five countries are caught in the upheavals of WWI and the \tRussian Revolution.\u201d Trade Paperback Best Sellers, NYTBR, 9\/25\/2011<\/p>\n
\nThe Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal<\/strong>
\n\u201cA family memoir written with a grace and modesty that almost belie the sweep of its \tcontents:\u2026during the Second World War.\u201d (NYer) \u201cAn extraordinary history\u2026. A \twonderful book, as lustrous and exquisitely crafted as the netsuke at its heart.\u201d (Christian \tScience Monitor) Both from an ad for the paperback edition, NYTBR, 9\/25\/2011, p.33<\/p>\n