We can't think of any way we'd rather spend Valentine's Day than with Mary Pat Kelly!  Join us in welcoming Mary Pat back to Titcomb's to talk about her wonderful new novel, Of Irish Blood. 

  Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

The story flashes back and forth between the present and the past, in particular Otto's experiences during the First World War while Russell, disabled by a childhood farming accident, stayed behind with Etta.
Otto tries to fill the long, lonely days by cooking Etta's favorite recipes. Etta's adventure makes her a local celebrity and her photograph appears in the local newspaper. Otto buys the paper, cuts out her photograph and fashions paper mache animals from the leftovers which brings its own celebrity.
A charming, quirky story that is reminiscent of Harold Fry, but unique in its own way. Reg. price $26.00, our price $20.80

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family--their two daughters and two sons, their grandchildren, even their faithful old dog--is on the porch, listening contentedly as Abby tells the tale they have heard so many times before. And yet this gathering is different too: Abby and Red are growing older, and decisions must be made about how best to look after them, and the fate of the house so lovingly built by Red's father. Anne Tyler takes us across three generations of the Whitshanks, their shared stories and long-held secrets, all the unguarded and richly lived moments that combine to define who and what they are as a family.Reg. price $25.95, our price $20.76 (Available Feb. 10)

The scarcely populated town of Sweetland rests on the shore of a remote Canadian island. Its slow decline finally reaches a head when the mainland government offers each islander a generous resettlement package-the sole stipulation being that everyone must leave.  Moses Sweetland, whose ancestors founded the village, is the only one to refuse. As he watches his neighbors abandon the island, he recalls the town's rugged history and its eccentric cast of characters.
Reg. price $24.95, our price $19.96

Writer Megan Mayhew Bergman takes us into the compelling lives of independent, inventive women at the margins of history. These are fictionalized accounts of real-life, risk-taking women who have largely been forgotten.  Bergman has vividly re-imagined them, giving them voices that  stay with the reader long after the book is read. Reg. price $25.00, our price $20.00

My Sunshine Away by M.O.Walsh

1940s, England: Hundreds of thousands of children are evacuated to foster homes in the rural countryside. Fifteen-year-old Emmy Downtree and her much younger sister Julia find refuge in a charming Cotswold cottage, but Emmy's burning ambition to return to the city and apprentice with a fashion designer pits her against Julia's needs. Just as the terrible Blitz begins, the sisters are cruelly separated, and their lives change forever. An unforgettable portrait of life in England during World War II.

Chestnut Street by Maeve Binchy

While she was writing columns for The Irish Times and her best-selling novels, Maeve Binchy had a book in mind that revolved around one street with many characters coming and going. She would periodically write stories set there and put them away in a drawer for a future book.  Chestnut Street is a collection of those stories, collected by her husband and published after her death in 2013. 

Lydia's Party by Mary Hawkins

Lydia is having a party--it's a party she hosts every year for six women friends who treasure the midwinter bash. Over a feast of food and wine, the women  share newsy updates, simmering secrets, and laughter. As this particular evening unfolds, Lydia prepares to make a shattering announcement. We follow the friends, flawed but loveable, through their party preparations. When Lydia's announcement shocks them all, their lives change in unexpected ways.  $16.00

Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnston

From Kathy:

The Son by Jo Nesbo

The Bear by Claire Cameron

From Kathy: The Bear is the story of a young couple camping in remote wilderness with their 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son. One night, they are attacked by a ferocious bear. Their father frantically tosses his children into a cooler to protect them. The children survive, but find themselves frighteningly alone. Five year old Anna is the narrator of this amazing tale of survival, and her voice rings so true as she and her little brother embark on their horrific, touching, and ultimately hopeful journey out of the wilderness and away from tragedy. The Bear is so compelling you will want to read it in one sitting - I highly recommend this terrific book! $15.00 (Available Feb. 10)

Love by the Book charts a year in the life of Lauren Cunningham, a beautiful, smart, and unlucky-in-love twenty-eight-year-old American. Feeling old before her time, Lauren moves to London in search of the single life (and sexy Englishmen). But why can't she convince the men she's seeing that she really isn't after anything more serious than seriously good sex? A little bit Sex and the City and Bridget Jones Diary = fun read with no fear of commitment! $16.00  (Available Feb. 3)