Rainy Day Readers 2009
The Rainy Day Readers Book Club meets on the last Monday of the month.
| 2009 | Book Title | Description | Author |
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| January 26 | 
Stubborn Twig Oregon State University Press $18.95 | Stubborn Twig Masuo Yasui traveled from Japan across the other Oregon Trail, the one that spanned the Pacific Ocean, in 1903. Like most immigrants, he came with big dreams and empty pockets. As Masuo broke the race barrier in the local business community, his American-born children broke it in school, scouts and sports-- until December 7, 1941, changed their lives forever. Stubborn Twig is a classic American story: a story at once tragic and triumphant, one that bears eloquent witness to both the promise and the peril of America.
| Lauren Kessler |
| February 23 | 
The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music Berkley Publishing Group $15.00 | The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music Now a major motion picture. An intimate portrait of mental illness, of atrocious social neglect, and the struggle to resurrect a fallen prodigy. (Mark Bowden, author of "Black Hawk Down")
This is the true story of journalist Steve Lopez's discovery of Nathaniel Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles' Skid Row. Deeply affected by the beauty of Ayers's music, Lopez took it upon himself to change the prodigy's life, only to find that their relationship has had a profound change on his own life.
| Steve Lopez |
| March 30 |  Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog Harper Paperbacks $13.95 | Marley & Me The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. | John Grogen |
| April 27 | 
The Third Angel Three Rivers Press $14.95 | The Third Angel The author of Here on Earth--an Oprah Book Club selection--and Aquamarine weaves a magical and stunningly original story that charts the lives of threewomen in love with the wrong men. | Alice Hoffman |
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| July 27 | | | |
| August 24 | | | |
| September 28 | | | |
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| December 28 | | | |
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