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"The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan ($15) Winner of the National Book Award in Non-Fiction for 2006, "The Worst Hard Time" reveals the untold story of those who survived the great American dustbowl. - Mimi Beman, owner, Mitchell's Book Corner Nantucket Bookworks 25 Broad Street 228-4000 "Returning to Earth" by Jim Harrison ($24) "Returning to Earth," Jim Harrison's wonderful new novel, is about an extended, loving family of mixed Finnish and Chippewa stock in contemporary northern Michigan, who always - but now especially at the death of Donald, the focus character - tell stories about their family's history. The novel is told in four sections by four different characters, including Donald (before his death in middle-age of Lou Gehrig's disease) and his wife. Donald's dying and death, and the family's complicated history, prompt them to try to come to terms with death, grieving, love and kinship, and with Donald's relationship to his totem, the bear - fixed by a remarkable three-day mountain fast as a young man under the tutelage of a Chippewa spiritual master. It's a heartrending feast of vivid memories, introspection, human folly, passion and, at last, peace.
Nantucket Bookworks VIDEOS Camera Shop & Nantucket Video 32 Main Street 228-0101 "Quinceanera" (Rated R for language, some sexual content and drug use.) Ayoung girl's family life goes into a tailspin during the preparations for her Quinceneara, a traditional Hispanic coming out party for girls at age 15. Her cousin confesses to being gay, gets kicked out of his immediate family's home and moves in with his uncle. In this strict family setting, our protagonist discovers she's pregnant and also gets sent away to live with her uncle. The film won the Jury and Audience Awards at the Sundance Film Festival and was also an audience favorite at our own Nantucket Film Festival last summer. - Laurie Donovan, manager,
Orange Street Video 117 Orange Street 228-5806 "Crank" (Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality, nudity and drug use.) Hitman Chev Chelios - played by Jason Statham (or as I like to call him "Turkish," from "Snatch") - gets poisoned by his rival and must keep his adrenaline up to delay the poisoning process. In one scene, he has sex on the street because it's necessary to save his own life. Amy Smart plays his girlfriend, who must be protected while he keeps his adrenaline aloft. - Kate O'Brien, manager,
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