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Hoblyn, AlisonHomes A. M.The Scent of WaterHistory repeats itself, so they say. Perhapsit has to because nobody listens! Ellie,an artist in her middle age, needs to liveher life in a new way after the death ofher husband. Feeling fearful but doingit anyway, she enrols on a garden coursein Tuscany one spring. Ellie comes tofind that the universal truths still hold apotent relevance.This Book Will Save Your LifeRichard Novak is a modern day Everyman,a middle aged divorcee trading stocksout of his home. He has done such agood job getting his life under controlthat he needs no one - except his trainer,nutritionist, and housekeeper. He isfunctionally dead and doesn’t evennotice until an attack of intense pain thatlands him in the emergency room, andthe discovery of an expanding sinkholeoutside his house. A vivid, revealing novelabout compassion, and what can happenif you are willing to lose yourself andopen up to the world around you.Hosseini, Khaled A Thousand Splendid SunsBorn a generation apart and with verydifferent ideas about love and family,Mariam and Laila are two womenbrought jarringly together by war, byloss and by fate. As they endure the everescalating dangers around them-in theirhome as well as in the streets of Kabultheycome to form a bond that makesthem both sisters and mother-daughterto each other, and that will ultimately39