Roberts soars on “Angels Fall”
Nora Roberts’ “Angels Fall,” a romantic suspense novel about a chef’s recovery from a violent trauma, was awarded the Quill Book of the Year in ceremonies last week in New York. The Quills are chosen by readers across the country.
The Platinum Quill, recognizing an author whose life and work mark the times and body of literature, went to the late David Halberstam.
The Quill for Children’s Chapter/Middle Grade went to Brian Selznick for “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” while Al Gore won another award for History/Current Events/Politics for his “The Assault on Reason.”
In the Humor category, Amy Sedaris won for “I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence.”
Other awards included:
– The Denver Post
First Line
Blonde Faith, by Walter Mosley, $25.99
“It’s hard to get lost when you’re coming home from work. When you have a job, and a paycheck, the road is set right out in front of you: a paved highway with no exit except yours. There’s the parking lot, the grocery store, the kids’ school, the cleaner’s, the gas station, and then your front door.
But I hadn’t had a regular job in a year and here it was two in the afternoon and I was pulling into my driveway wondering what I was doing there. I cut off the engine and then shuddered, trying to fit inside the sudden stillness.
All morning I had been thinking about Bonnie and what I’d lost when I sent her away. She’d saved my adopted daughter’s life, and I had repaid her by making her leave our home.”
Hardcover Religion
Bestsellers
1. Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, by Mother Teresa and Brian Kolodiejchuk
2. Reposition Yourself, by T.D. Jakes
3. 3:16: The Numbers of Hope, by Max Lucado
4. I Dare You: Embrace Life With Passion, by Joyce Meyer
5. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens
– Publishers Weekly
