Libby

As a former high school English teacher, Libby appreciates that conversations about the books we read are often thinly veiled conversations about who we are. Having been in Durango for four and a half years after a decade in Berkeley, California, she loves the fact that skiing and running trails are now right out her back door. When she's not at the shop, she's usually hanging out with her sons Finn (7) and Charlie (5)--both, of course, named with literary references in mind.

Libby is the Community Relations Manager at Maria's Bookshop, which means she's the go-to gal for events, reading groups, community outreach, ticket sales and donation requests. Contact her at libby@mariasbookshop.com.

A Gate at the Stairs (Hardcover)

By Lorrie Moore

$25.95

ISBN-13: 9780375409288
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf, 09/01/2009

So, so beautiful!  Includes the best passage I've ever read describing a gourmet restaurant meal (I'm hungry just thinking about it), thought-provoking questions about race and parenting, and a super-quirky narrator who took me right back to my college days.

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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Hardcover)

By Aimee Bender

$25.95

ISBN-13: 9780385501125
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Doubleday, 06/01/2010

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The Confessions of Max Tivoli (Paperback)

By Andrew Sean Greer

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780312423810
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Picador, 02/01/2005

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The Lonely Polygamist (Hardcover)

By Brady Udall

$26.95

ISBN-13: 9780393062625
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 05/01/2010

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A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Egan

$25.95

ISBN-13: 9780307592835
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf, 06/01/2010

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Claiming Ground (Hardcover)

By Laura Bell

$24.95

ISBN-13: 9780307272881
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf, 03/01/2010

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The Bone People (Paperback)

By Keri Hulme

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780140089226
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 10/01/1986

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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Paperback)

By Dave Eggers

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780375725784
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage, 02/01/2001

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The Emperor's Children (Paperback)

By Claire Messud

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780307276667
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage, 06/01/2007

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Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Paperback)

By Marisha Pessl

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780143112129
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 05/01/2007

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