We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg

Recommended by Jean
FIC Berg

Set in Tupelo, Miss., best-selling author Elizabeth Berg delivers a heartwarming novel based on fact about a woman who contracted Polio while pregnant with her daughter and struggled selflessly to raise her despite spousal abandonment and other challenges.

Reviews-http://tinyurl.com/l84do

Mulch Ado About Nothing by Jill Churchill

Recommended by Theresa
FIC Churchill

In this light, cozy mystery , Jane and her neighbor and best friend Shelley take a gardening class and as usual, find themselves in the middle of a ton of trouble.

Reviews-http://tinyurl.com/nkheo

Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl

Recommended by Jo Ann
Non-fiction 641.5092 REI

A humorous and insightful look into the experiences of Reichl’s years as a New York Times restaurant critic. She painstakingly adopts elaborate disguises in order to avoid being recognized and hence treated differently from “ordinary” diners. Her honest reviews, as well as reviews of non-traditional restaurants, cause interesting problems. Recipes and some reviews are included.

Reviews-http://tinyurl.com/gkt5x

In Cuba I was a German Shepherd by Ana Menéndez

Recommended by Jennifer
FIC Menéndez

A collection of stories set in Miami and Havana about post-revolutionary Castro Cuba. Menéndez recounts the ease of summer days spent sitting, joking and playing dominoes, as well as heartfelt memories, hopes, and dreams past of aging Cuban-Americans. This book is filled with emotionally provocative tales of joy and grief of the life of an exiled community.

Reviews-http://tinyurl.com/nrvf6