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There’s Joy in the Journey

Susan Courtney
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.

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.
by Gilbert, Elizabeth

Length: 334 p. ;

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Publisher: Viking, New York : 2006.
Elsewhere in the land of parrots
by Paul, Jim

Length: 305 p. ;

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Publisher: Harcourt, Orlando : c2003.
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.
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.
by Winston, Lolly.

Length: 344 p. ;

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Publisher: Warner Books, New York : c2004.
Miss new India
by Mukherjee, Bharati.

Length: 328 p. ;

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston : 2011.
by Mukherjee, Bharati.

Length: 328 p. ;

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston : 2011.
Pillars of the earth
by Follett, Ken.

Length: 973 p. ;

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Publisher: Morrow, New York : 1989.
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.
by Katz, Jon.

Length: xxi, 242 p. ;

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Publisher: Villard, New York : 1999.
Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel
by See, Lisa.

Length: 258 p. ;

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Publisher: Random House, New York : 2005.
by See, Lisa.

Length: 258 p. ;

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Publisher: Random House, New York : 2005.
The memory of running
by McLarty, Ron.

Length: 358 p. ;

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Publisher: Viking, New York : c2004.
by McLarty, Ron.

Length: 358 p. ;

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Publisher: Viking, New York : c2004.
The middle place
by Corrigan, Kelly

Length: 266 p. :

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Publisher: Voice/Hyperion, New York : c2008.
by Corrigan, Kelly

Length: 266 p. :

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Publisher: Voice/Hyperion, New York : c2008.
The year of yes : a memoir
by Headley, Maria Dahvana

Length: 275 p. ;

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Publisher: Hyperion, New York : 2006.
by Headley, Maria Dahvana

Length: 275 p. ;

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Publisher: Hyperion, New York : 2006.
Walk two moons
by Creech, Sharon.

Length: 280 p. ;

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Publisher: HarperCollins, New York : 1994.
by Creech, Sharon.

Length: 280 p. ;

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Publisher: HarperCollins, New York : 1994.
What Alice forgot
by Moriarty, Liane.

Length: 426 p. ;

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Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York : 2011.
by Moriarty, Liane.

Length: 426 p. ;

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Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York : 2011.