aired the week of April 11, 2011

Room by Emma Donoghue is narrated by 5-year-old Jack. Jack has never lived anywhere except in Room. Now that he is older his mother is trying to explain to him about the world outside. It is hard to understand all that when your only experience is in an 11 x 11 room.

aired the week of April 4, 2011

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett is set in an unnamed country in South America during a birthday party where everyone at the party is taken hostage by a terrorist group. This story is not so much a suspense thriller as a wonderful character study of those involved in the long stand off and negotiation process.

aired the week of March 28, 2011

Let Me Go by Helga Schneider is the true story of a mother daughter reunion after the daughter learns that her mother abandoned her young children to become a Nazi SS officer during World War II.

aired the week of March 21, 2011

The Serpent's Daughter: a Jade Del Cameron Mystery by Suzanne Arruda. This is the third title in this mystery series set in North Africa shortly after the end of World War I. The first book is Mark of the Lion.