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It's Fine By Me

$22.00

If you're into haunting Scandinavian literature, beautifully written, I recommend Per Petterson's It's Fine By Me. It depicts the growing up years of the two friends from his unforgettable Out Stealing Horses - one boy traumatized by his abusive father and the death of his younger brother and the other offering friendship from his stable family life. It's very moving and very satisfying. - Nancy

The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope

By Rhonda Riley

$15.99

From a young girl's strange discovery in the North Carolina clay we embark on a journey that is both magical and universal. In what is at its heart a love story, but also the story of a family dealing with loss and change, first time author Rhonda Riley explores the sensuality of the earth, the mysteries of the body, and the power of rebirth. Touching on themes of gender, self-image, and mortality, this is a captivating tale told in simple yet elegant prose. - Tony

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NC BOOKWATCH On WUNC-TV - Schedule

Quail Ridge - sponsor of NC Bookwatch Quail Ridge Books & Music is proud to be a corporate sponsor of WUNC-TV's long-running NC Bookwatch. Here is the schedule for upcoming shows:

All Friday evening shows repeat on the following Sunday at 5 p.m.!

Heat up your 2012 reading list with encore episodes of the North Carolina Bookwatch's 14th season, Sundays, at 5 PM! Here is the most recent schedule update:

4/29/12 - Michael Parker
5/6/12 - Steve Berry
5/13/12 - Rosecrans Baldwin
5/20/12 - Robyn Hadley
5/27/12 - Charles Frazier

Enjoy encore presentations of the 14th season on Sundays at 5 p.m.

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NYT Year's Best Fiction

Bring Up the Bodies

By Hilary Mantel

$16.00

Follows her Wolf Hall; about Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, newly fascinating and suspenseful.

Building Stories

By Chris Ware

$50.00

An innovative graphic novel that "deepens and enriches the form" follows residents of a Chicago triplex, tackling universal themes including art, sex, family and existential loneliness--playful and profound.

A Hologram for the King

By Dave Eggers

$15.95

A tightly controlled parable of America's international standing and a riff on middle-class decline.

NW

By Zadie Smith

$26.95

A piercing novel about the friendship of two women who grew up in a NW London housing project, their lives disrupted by fateful choices and the brutal efficiency of chance.

The Yellow Birds

By Kevin Powers

$14.99

Two young Iraq War veterans and their connected but diverging fates.

QRB Picks

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

By David Sedaris

$27.00

David Sedaris is back with a new book of essays, featuring his take on travels around the country (including a visit to a NC Costco). - Nancy

David Sedaris visits QRB on June, 7th. Event Details

Benediction

By Kent Haruf

$25.95

This quiet, powerful story, set in the High Plains of Colorado, tells how the terminal illness of a much beloved citizen in the community affects his family and friends. It's a beautiful, deeply moving story. - Nancy

The Round House

By Louise Erdrich

$27.99

This powerful story of how a brutal crime on an American Indian reservation, told by the victim's 13-year-old son, was wonderfully written.