We recommend these new Midwest Connections Picks for October — entertaining fiction, an affecting memoir, and a thought-provoking study of our Midwestern small towns.
HEAVEN TO BETSY /
BETSY IN SPITE OF HERSELF
Maud Hart Lovelace
Introduction by Laura Lippman
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
BETSY WAS A JUNIOR /
BETSY AND JOE
Maud Hart Lovelace
Introduction by Meg Cabot
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
BETSY AND THE GREAT WORLD /
BETSY’S WEDDING
Maud Hart Lovelace
Introduction by Anna Quindlen
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
STRAY AFFECTIONS
Charlene Ann Baumbich
Waterbrook Press
THE SKY BEGINS AT YOUR FEET
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Ice Cube Press
HOLLOWING OUT THE MIDDLE:
The Rural Brain Drain and
What It Means for America
Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas
Beacon Press
Click on the links for all the details about these books, then buy them from your favorite locally owned and operated Midwest independent bookseller!
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