Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

Recommended by Irene

FIC Horan

In the early 1900s Frank Lloyd Wright left his wife and six children,scandalizing society by "eloping" to Europe with Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Mamah left her two small children behind as well. This fictionalized account of Mamah's struggle to justify her clandestine love affair and resolve her overwhelming guilt at leaving her children grabs the reader and doesn't let go. An engrossing account of real life people who followed their hearts as they hurt so many harmless people in the process.

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Standing Tall: a memoir of tragedy and triumph, by

Recommended by Jo Ann

B Stringer

Rutgers sports fans will especially enjoy this
biography of the RU women's basketball coach's
life, to fame; her personal challenges and
tragedies, as well as those of her teams. 
An inspiring story of the value of teamwork, faith, and inner strength.

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Resistance, by Owen Sheers

Recommended by Irene

FIC Sheers

What would have happened if D-Day failed and Nazi
Germany invaded Great Britain?  In a remote Welsh
border valley a German patrol arrives on a secret
mission and discovers that all the men are gone and
the women have banded together to keep their farms
running.  Couple this with a particularly cruel and
severe winter forcing the two groups together for
mutual survival.  Owen Sheers is an award winning
Welsh poet; which is obvious by the richness of
language.  This is his first novel.

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