It tells the story of what happens when the lives of three characters--a young Nigerian woman known as Little Bee and a British couple--intersect to devastating consequence in a violent episode on a beach. Very thought-provoking in its depiction of the plight of refugees and the great chasms we live with in the modern world.

Click here to see a video of the author, Chris Cleave, discussing his book

When Grace falls in love, her elaborate systems have to bend and you really identify with her struggles to keep it together. I read this book months ago as an advance reader, and thinking back now makes me want to revisit my crazy counting friend Grace in her Australian coffee shop fictional world.

I always love it when I find a book that my husband Randy likes, and he read this one in about two days flat. Pretty good for a guy who's always exhausted after a full day of distilling. (For real... he's moved from being head brewer at Cisco to making whisky. Handy!) Anyway, for an entertaining fun read, you can't go wrong with this puppy.

The really big news here, however, is that BOOK 5 of Percy's adventures goes on sale May 5th! Your kids will be psyched. More info on that as it comes. Perhaps a toga party will be in order! (Did they wear togas in Ancient Greece or was that just Rome? Hmmm)

Knowing SN and our customers first-hand, I see a great kinship of values. I would like to ask you, dear readers, to check out the link below and see the work SN is up to. The community is in danger of losing a number of important programs if we can't continue to operate. (Some of SN's key programs are the farmers' market, the climate action plan, the buy local campaign, & the list goes on.)

Thanks so much for your kind attention. There's an online form for donations... please consider donating in that way, because time really is of the essence. It would be a much appreciated random act of kindness. -wh

Facebook has revamped their store pages, so that's a work in progress. Right now we have a group, a profile, and a store, Oy! I have to pare that down, but the key is to Friend the Store. Lately we've started to use Twitter to communicate interesting things that come along. We're @nantucketbooks, for those interested. And of course, there's our aforementioned, newly updated blog: nantucketb logworks.com

Lastly but maybe most importantly, we now have wireless access at Bookworks. Feel free to use our hotspot: the password is simply: "pleasebuyabook" (Heheh!) We're not sure how we're going to make money in the new economy, but then neither is anybody. : )

Cheers, Wendy Hudson, Boaris the Babbitt Chair, and All the Merry Bookworkers