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Elkins Park and Philadelphia Area Novels or Authors
The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
Joshua Cohen
$17.95 $16.69Although this 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel takes place in 1959 at a college in New York, the Netanyahus lived right here in Cheltenham Township just beforehand—between 1956 and 1958, and again in the mid 1960s when borothers Benjamin and Yonatan attended Cheltenham High School (with classmate Reggie Jackson, a.k.a. "Mr. October")
Finding God Abiding: Daily Meditations
Christine Marie Eberle
$19.95 $18.55Christine Eberle has been a supporter of Open Book Bookstore since the week we opened our Elkins Park store in 2014. FINDING GOD ABIDING, Christine's second book of meditations provides four weeks of daily meditations, and identifies movements that run like threads through the story of our lives. Written in an accessible, contemporary voice, each reflection contains a true story, a nugget of spiritual insight, several thought-provoking questions, and a memorable selection.
A Letter in the Wall
Eileen Brill
$16.95 $15.76During some renovations after author Eileen Brill moved to Elkins Park, she found a fascinating letter related to a former resident and a true crime—a murder. Brill researched the people and incidents described within, and fashioned, the San Francisco Book Review wrote, "An ideal read for historical fiction fans."
Half But Whole: Reflections of a Twin's Life
Hank Albert
$24.95 $23.20Using his own life as a model, former elementary school teacher and Elkins Park resident Hank Albert explores the unique and powerful bond of identical twins.
The Dutch House: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Summer Beach Read
Ann Patchett
$17.00 $15.81Ann Patchett's novel is set here in Elkins Park, along with Jenkintown (home of "The Goldbergs" and Bradley Cooper), and nearby Rydal.
Long Bright River
Liz Moore
$18.00 $16.74Liz Moore addresses the opioid problem in the Kensington area of Philadelphia in her latest thrilling novel.
Shout: A Poetry Memoir
Laurie Halse Anderson
$11.99 $11.15Our favorite local YA author's memoir is now in paperback!
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Melissa Bank
$16.00 $14.88The 1999 classic story cycle by Cheltenham High School alumna Melissa Bank.
Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed
Laurie Halse Anderson and Leila del Duca
$16.99 $15.80Laurie Halse Anderson's first graphic novel
Circe
Madeline Miller
$18.99 $17.66Madeline Miller of the Mainline Philadelphia suburbs deserved all the raves she's received for this fantastic retelling of tales from Greek mythology.
Spiked
Jon McGoran
$12.99 $12.08Jon McGoran's thrilling conclusion of the SPLICED trilogy, now in paperback.
Finding God in Ordinary Time
Christine Eberle
$19.95 $18.55Christine Eberle has been a supporter of Open Book Bookstore since the week we opened our Elkins Park store in 2014. This compact collection of daily reflections draws on Christine's 25-year career as a college campus minister.
Queen Vashti's Comfy Pants
Leah Rachel Berkowitz and Ruth Bennett
$17.95 $16.69The second picture book from Rabbi Leah Berkowitz of Congregation Kol Ami of Elkins Park.
Henna House
Nomi Eve
$18.00 $16.74Local author Nomi Eve's second novel of a Jewish woman from Yemen was the 2014-2015 "One Book One Jewish Community" title for the Philadlephia area.
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid
$26.00 $24.18Kiley Reid moved from New York to the Philadelphia area after her main character did the same!
She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
$25.99 $24.17Local author Erica Armstrong Dunbar's lively non-fiction telling of the Harriet Tubman is a stunning and powerful mix of pop culture and scholarship.
The Dutch House: A Read with Jenna Pick
Ann Patchett
$27.99 $26.03Ann Patchett's novel takes place mostly in Elkins Park, Jenkintown, and Rydal.
If We Had Known
Elise Juska
$38.00Cheltenham High School alumna Elise Juska looks at a school shooting from a new perspective.
LILLI de Jong
Janet Benton
$16.00 $14.88Local author (and bookstore customer) Janet Benton certainly did her research! Her first novel, about an unwed Quaker mother in late 19th century Philadelphia was named a Library Journal Best Historical Fiction Book of 2017.
The Future Through Our Eyes: A Project Based Learning Experience
9th Grade Chs Project Based Learning
$14.99 $13.94This publication is the result of text, images, and production by the students of the Cheltenham High School Project-Based-Learning (PBL) initiative during the 2020-2021 school year.
Heft
Liz Moore
$16.95 $15.76Liz Moore's wonderfully sad but hopeful literary tale of the oversized Arthur Opp.
The Family Orchard
Nomi Eve
$15.00 $13.95Nomi Eve's first novel was a Book-of-the-Month Club main selection and was nominated for a National Jewish Book Award.
Poisoned Pawn
David Siegel Bernstein
$14.95 $13.90Local resident David Bernstein, author of "BLOCKBUSTER SCIENCE: The Real Science in Science Fiction" has dipped his toes into detective fiction with this new novel.
