Mailbox Monday

Happy Monday!  Four books in my mailbox this week!  The mailbox shown above is an old-fashion London mailbox.

The Last Hot Time by John M. Ford from paperbackswap.com.  When Danny Holman leaves the cornfields of Iowa for the bright lights of Chicago, he expects his life to change. He just can't guess how much. A violent incident brings Danny the favour of a man known only as Mr. Patrise, who gives Danny a job, a home, and a new identity. 

Angel and Apostle by Deborah Noyes from the publisher, Unbridled Books.  At the end of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, The Scarlet Letter, we know that Pearl, the elf-child daughter of Hester Prynne, is somewhere in Europe, comfortable, well set, a mother herself now. But it could not have been easy for her to arrive at such a place, when she begins life as the bastard child of a woman publicly humiliated, again and again, in an unrelentingly judgmental Puritan world.

EatingWell in Season:  The Farmers' Market Cookbook by Jessie Price from Kaiser Permanente - this was my Christmas gift from my employer.  Dr. Preston Maring, who wrote the introduction, is one of our docs and started the Kaiser Permanente Farmer's Markets.  This information-packed book offers up sound nutrition advice on why eating delicious fresh fruits and vegetables will help you live longer, feel better and keep the weight off. EatingWell’s Test Kitchen delivers more than 100 new recipes that star fresh produce, such as Balsamic & Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower, Pork Roast with Walnut-Pomegranate Filling and Caramelized Pear Bread Pudding (for a sample of fall recipes). Divided up by season, the recipes celebrate the freshest ingredients. The book also includes tips on how to freeze and preserve bumper crops; techniques for roasting peppers, peeling mangoes, and other ways to preserve your farm finds; profiles of local farmers; tips on planting your own kitchen garden, and more.

The Wood Wife by Terri Windling from paperbackswap.com.  When prize-winning poet Davis Cooper died mysteriously in the canyons east of Tucson, Arizona, he left his estate to Maggie Black, a young writer who knew him only from his letters. There, in his desert home, Maggie be-gins a journey of self-discovery that changes her forever, encountering terrible danger and passionate love, coming face to face with the wild spirits that inhabit that strange and magical place.