Gone to Green by Judy Christie
F Christie, J.
Not a novel about the environment, this slim inspirational fiction title – the first in the Green Series – is set in rural Green, Louisiana, where former Midwestern big-city news journalist Lois Barker “inherits” a twice-weekly homegrown newspaper business. Quickly relocating to Green from Dayton, Ohio, Lois faces a whirlwind year of assertive accomplishments, new friendships and struggling faith in her commitment to God, if not to The Green News-Item and her newfound community. Clever newspaper quotes at the beginning of each chapter juxtapose chatty human interest stories printed in the slow news southern town where everyone knows everyone else against the impersonal big-city news climate which has ushered in major changes such as 24/7 access to news and constantly updated information through the latest technological advances. This book includes discussion questions for book groups and a preview chapter from yet to be published book #2 in the Green Series: Goodness Gracious Green. - Susan Wright
A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian
F Cherian, A.
Suneel Sarath gets tricked into an arranged marriage by his family, even though he is a practicing anesthesiologist in San Francisco with a blond American girlfriend. He has worked hard to escape the trappings of his traditional Indian culture, but now that Suneel has brought his Indian wife back to San Francisco, he discovers that Leila is not a meek, traditional girl from a backward village. Leila is a teacher and she knows more about the world through books than Suneel has learned in his narrow study of medicine. Suneel and Leila struggle to reconcile their own desires with the expectations of others in this engrossing story of two people, two countries and two ways of life that may be more compatible than they seem. Highly recommended. - Kathi Sippen
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