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1. Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (Berkley, $499 paper): A historically authentic coming-of-age story set in Southern Illinois during the Civil War.
2. Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets by Susan Shapiro Barash (St. Martin’s, $23.95): Argues that American culture encourages women to be deceptive.
3. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin, $15 paper): A memoir about trading the trappings of modern American success for what one truly wants from life.
4. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle (Plume, $14 paper): A spiritual manifesto aimed at improving yourself and the world.
5. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor, $12.95 paper): The second book in the “Sunday Philosophy Club” series featuring amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie.
