A Million Little Orders.

Right now, this is the book everyone is asking about at the bookstore. (And no, we don’t have them in stock anymore, and no, neither do the other bookstores in your town). (But we can put you on a list to get one). Most of the mass of people who want this book simply seem to want it because Oprah mentioned it, and then had the author on her show. More than once in the past two weeks, I believe.

Now, I read this book some months ago, and I have to agree that is really is a great book. Its interesting, its scary, its something that actually happened to the author. However, it sort of bothers me that people aren’t reading it because of its attributes, but only because Oprah is saying its good. It is very strange to have several housewife looking women, (accompanied by their toddlers), and several grandmothers, and at the same time, several college students, (both men and women), suddenly have this burning desire to read a book about a guy’s experiences as he went through rehabilitation for drug addiction. Oprah definately has the magic touch when it comes to booksales.
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