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I should have known "Getting to Happyy" meant that even though we were hopeful for these women 15 years ago, they weren't quite happy yet. Terry McMillan's Getting to Happy reunites us with the girls from Waiting to Exhale, now in their 50's.  Read more >

I truly wasn't sure what I would think about a book whose premise is the story of the first American Indian to graduate from Harvard College. I thought Caleb's Crossing would perhaps be a tedious read, but I was happily very wrong. There is so much more depth and story to be told. Geraldine Brooks' story is told through the eyes of Bethia Mayfield, a daughter of an English minister come to the new world to save those whom he can, including the "heathen" Indians.  Read more >