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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I spent most of last year and the first few months of this year reading every book written by Mary Kay Andrews.  My favorite of all her books is "The Santa Suit", which was a romance novel.  It was about a woman who bought a house in a rural area because she had always wanted to raise chickens.  She finds a Santa suit in a closet, and later finds a Mrs. Santa suit in the attic.  As she asks people around town what is up with the Santa suit, she makes friends.  Eventually she gets a new job and falls in love.  She and her new sweetheart play Santa and Mrs. Santa at community events for the rest of their lives.

Other favorites this year --
One Italian Summer.  Woman goes on vacation to Italy after her mom dies.  She sees her mom there, except her mom is 30 years old.  
An Elderly Lady is up to no Good.  Which is about an elderly lady who is up to no good. 
The Four Winds.  Which was about the dust bowl and the depression and poverty.  The book went on and on but now I know all about what the dust bowl was about.  
Orphan Trains -- Riding the Rails to a New Life.  This was a true story book written for kids about orphaned or abandoned New York City kids who were sent west on trains to be adopted by farm families from the 1850's to the 1920's. I liked it because I learned what the orphan train movement was all about.  
The Orphan Collector.  Which was about the Spanish flu epidemic in Philadelphia in 1918.  I liked it because it was an engrossing book and I also learned what the Spanish Flu epidemic was all about.  This book (and the book Angela's Ashes which I read many years ago) made me so grateful to live in a time when we take  indoor plumbing for granted.   :)

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Thanks for the orphan train rec!  I read a kids book (fiction) about them years ago and would love to read more.[/quote]

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