WSJ’s Top Book Recommendations-Cary Regional

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1. Brightly shining: a novel

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Author:
Rishøi, Ingvild H.
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Cary Regional - Adult Fiction
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction has 2
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North Regional - Adult Fiction has 2
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"Beautifully told with humor and tenderness, a Norwegian Christmas tale of sisterhood, financial hardship, and far-off dreams, acclaimed by reviewers and beloved by readers across Europe, where it has been a bestseller. Christmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa's dreamer of a father is out of work again. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job selling Christmas trees near where the family lives in central Oslo, she thinks it might...