Article: HOLIDAY BOOKS; Regional Books Regional writers' focus includes novels, history, travel.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Review)

Those who wish to give book gifts with a regional slant will have no trouble this year. There's a vast array of quality fiction by local authors, ranging from the talented Susan Welch's first collection of short stories to public-radio star Garrison Keillor's latest novel, which skewers public radio!

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Here's a rundown in alphabetical order, by title:

- Bitter Grounds (Hyperion, $22.95) is Edina author Sandra Benitez's second novel. It's more complex than her first, "A Place Where the Sea Remembers," which won a Minnesota Book Award; it follows three generations of a Salvadoran family.

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