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Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

Paperback, 233 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $16 |

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When a well-educated young socialite in 1930s England is left orphaned and unable to support herself at age twenty-two, she moves in with her eccentric relatives on their farm. Reissue.

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A New Batch of Under-the-Radar Books

Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl returns with another set of titles you should be reading but haven't (yet). The latest batch features the story of three royal cousins, tales of wild animal adventures and a pun-filled picture book for younger readers.

A New Batch of Under-the-Radar Books

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