Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
- Thursday February 9 at 7:00 p.m.

This wonderful story tells of Nayeli, a young Mexican woman who recruits her friends and heads north to the U.S. in search of 7 heroes who can defend her village against drug dealers.

The Blind Contessa's New Machine by Corey Wallace

- Thursday March 8 at 7:00 p.m

This debut novel tells of the love triangle between an Italian contessa, her strapping fiance and the curiously inventive admirer who creates the world's first typewriter for her as she loses her sight.

How can you get the book without buying it? You may use our statewide Interlibrary Loan System to borrow from another library. Have your home library card i n hand and click onto this web site: MeLCat - the Michigan eLibrary. Your selection will be delivered to your home library (only residents of Richland Township/Village or Paid Members may select Richland Community Library through MeL).

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
  
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• The Poisonwood Bible; a novel by Barbara Kingsolver
  
• The Pact: a love story by Jodi Picoult
  
• Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
  
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  

Ask at the upper level circulation desk for more information.

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