Pennie Clark Ianniciello, Costco's book buyer, has chosen The Wind Is Not a River: A Novel by Brian Payton (Ecco, $15.99, 9780062279989) as her pick of the month for October. In Costco Connection, which goes to many of the warehouse club's members, she wrote:
"Did you know a World War II battle was fought on North American soil? Neither did I, until I read this month's book buyer's pick, Brian Payton's The Wind Is Not a River. Once again it's taken a novelist to open my eyes to a piece of history that had escaped my attention.
"After his brother dies in battle, John Easley, a journalist, decides to find meaning in his loss by investigating the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. His disappearance, in turn, leaves his wife, Helen, in a place where she must figure out who she is and what she's capable of doing.
"So much more than a history lesson, this is a beautiful story about the way loss can affect people."
