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Previous One Book One Community Selections

	2011 All the Way Home by David Giffels Follow the side-splitting and sometimes maddening travails of David Giffels and his family as they attempt to restore a crumbling mansion. Their many adventures include nudging the elderly owner to vacate the premises and battling the wisteria vines, raccoons, squirrels, and mice that have overtaken the attic. This is the story of a young family growing into itself. Through the ups and downs of their project they are forced to deal with frustration, loss, perseverance and doubt. What emerges is the picture of a family fumbling towards love— sturdy, reliable, watertight love— the kind that shelters.
	2010 A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure The author was already a skilled mountaineer and ambitious world traveler when she decided to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. We share her fears, exhilaration and exhaustion. We experience her isolation, cramped quarters, and the vastness of the ocean all around her. We watch her struggle with personal issues. Mere survival becomes paramount when Tori is caught in a dangerous storm, putting her goals and life in jeopardy, and testing her skills, judgment and character to the utmost.
	2009 The Jazz Bird by Craig Holden The award-winning author provides a compelling story about George Remus, a bootlegger who ran a lucrative business in Prohibition-era Cincinnati and who was tried for the murder of his wife. Recognizable landmarks and evocative descriptions of 1920s Cincinnati make this an especially compelling novel that reveals the lengths to which people will go for love, sex and money. Holden currently lives in New Mexico and is working on his seventh novel.
	2008 With a Hammer for My Heart by George Ella Lyon The prolific Kentucky author published her first book in 1983 and went on to write several award-winning books for children and Young Adults. With a Hammer for My Heart, written in 1997, was her first novel for adults. Her work frequently focuses on the lives and concerns of the Appalachian people, particularly those in her native state of Kentucky.
	2007 The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb This award-winning southern writer is best known for her Appalachian Ballad novels set in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Her work reveals complex aspects of the Appalachian way of life, and is vibrant with characters such as Nora Bonesteel, who possesses the ability of “second sight.” McCrumb also has written about NASCAR in two novels, St. Dale and Once Around the Track.
	2006 Clay’s Quilt by Silas House Set in the hills of Kentucky and written by the multiple award-winning Kentucky author, this novel was voted on and chosen by Boone County residents as the selection for Boone County Public Library’s first community-wide reading project. After a successful first year, the project expanded in 2007 to become Northern Kentucky One Book One Community including Boone, Campbell, Grant, and Kenton County Public Libraries.