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There’s Joy in the Journey

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Susan Courtney

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Librarian Assistant, Central Library

I enjoy books that take the reader on some type of journey, be it a visit to a new or unknown land or a more figurative quest of self-discovery. If you sometimes feel that half the fun is getting there, here are a few titles you might enjoy.

Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel
by See, Lisa.

Length: 258 p. ;

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    Publisher: Random House, New York : 2005.
    Elsewhere in the land of parrots
    by Paul, Jim

    Length: 305 p. ;

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      Publisher: Harcourt, Orlando : c2003.
      Flora Segunda : being the magickal mishaps of a girl of spirit, her glass-gazing sidekick, two ominous butlers (one blue), a house with eleven thousand rooms, and a red dog
      by Wilce, Ysabeau S.

      Length: 431 p. ;

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        Publisher: Harcourt, Orlando : 2007.
        Good grief : a novel
        by Winston, Lolly.

        Length: 344 p. ;

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          Publisher: Warner Books, New York : c2004.
          Walk two moons
          by Creech, Sharon.

          Length: 280 p. ;

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            Publisher: HarperCollins, New York : 1994.
            Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia
            by Gilbert, Elizabeth

            Length: 334 p. ;

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              Publisher: Viking, New York : 2006.
              What Alice forgot
              by Moriarty, Liane.

              Length: 426 p. ;

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                Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York : 2011.
                Pillars of the earth
                by Follett, Ken.

                Length: 973 p. ;

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                  Publisher: Morrow, New York : 1989.
                  Running to the mountain : a journey of faith and change
                  by Katz, Jon.

                  Length: xxi, 242 p. ;

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                    Publisher: Villard, New York : 1999.
                    Miss new India
                    by Mukherjee, Bharati.

                    Length: 328 p. ;

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                      Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston : 2011.
                      The year of yes : a memoir
                      by Headley, Maria Dahvana

                      Length: 275 p. ;

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                        Publisher: Hyperion, New York : 2006.
                        The middle place
                        by Corrigan, Kelly

                        Length: 266 p. :

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                          Publisher: Voice/Hyperion, New York : c2008.
                          The memory of running
                          by McLarty, Ron.

                          Length: 358 p. ;

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                            Publisher: Viking, New York : c2004.
                            The alchemist
                            by Bacigalupi, Paolo.

                            Length: 95 p. :

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                              Publisher: Subterranean Press, Burton, MI : 2011, c2010.