Beauty Junkies by Alex Kuczynski

June 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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An investigation into cosmetic surgery, mainly in America, with a focus on the extremes to which people have gone.
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Too Late to Say Goodbye by Ann Rule

June 10th, 2007 · 5 Comments

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An account of the murder of stay-at-home mom Jenn Corbin, and the subsequent investigation that she was not the first woman in her husband’s life to die of a gunshot wound.
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The Uses of Enchantment by Heidi Julavits

May 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

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When Mary was 16, she may or may not have been abducted and raped by an older man, whose life was ruined by her accusations.
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One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz

March 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Synopsis:
Young Leilani has a deformed hand and a brace on her leg–and she’s just told her alcoholic ex-con neighbor that her differences are why her deranged doctor stepfather and whacked-out druggie mother are going to kill her unless she’s abducted by aliens when she turns 10.
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