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Cumberland Public Library Staff Picks December 2018
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In this Issue
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Check out some of these great reads that members of the staff at the library think you might enjoy because, well, we really enjoyed them. Copies of Book Discussion titles are available to be checked out at the Circulation Desk, Reference Desk, the Teen Center or Children's Desk.
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Call me by your name
by André Aciman
The sudden and powerful attraction between a teenage boy and a summer guest at his parents' house on the Italian Riviera has a profund and lasting influence that will mark them both for a lifetime, in a novel of obsession, passion, fear, and desire.
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The Ghost Road
by Charis Cotter
On her summer vacation, Ruth and her cousin Ruby begin exploring their family history, discovering that a twin from the previous generation was rumored to have The Sight and could see the Ghost Road leading to the lost settlement of Slippers Cove.
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Buried secrets
by Joseph Finder
Hoping to set up his own spy operation in his Boston home town, Nick Heller is contacted by a desperate family friend to rescue his kidnapped daughter, whose terrifying incarceration in an underground crypt is being broadcast on the Internet.
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Inappropriation
by Lexi Freiman
Her new private Australian girls’ school's social hierarchy causes 15-year-old Ziggy Klein to join her grade’s most radical feminists, and she soon sets off on a journey of self-discovery—from the Sydney drag scene to the underbelly of the Internet.
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An Easy Death
by Charlaine Harris
Guiding two wizards through the magic-wary country of Texoma, a gunslinger navigating the Great Depression in the wake of FDR's assassination searches for a low-level magician who may be able to save the tsar.
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Vendetta
by Iris Johansen
Charged with protecting the life of his murdered boss' daughter, Jude Brandon teams up with longtime ally Catherine Ling to stop a terrorist who is plotting a nuclear attack.
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Elevation
by Stephen King
A timely, upbeat tale about the power of finding common ground, written by the#1 New York Times best-selling author of Mr. Mercedes, traces the story of a man whose mysterious affliction unites a small community.
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Crazy rich Asians
by Kevin Kwan
Envisioning a quality-time summer vacation in the humble Singapore home of a boy she hopes to marry, Chinese American Rachel Chu is unexpectedly introduced to a rich and scheming clan that viciously competes against other wealthy families and strongly opposes their son's relationship with an American girl.
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The lost vintage : a novel
by Ann Mah
Returning to her ancestral vineyard in Burgundy, an aspiring master wine expert unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative and a family secret from World War II.
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The friend
by Sigrid Nunez
Becoming the guardian of her late best friend's enormous Great Dane, a grieving woman is evicted from her no-pets apartment and forges a deep bond with the equally distraught animal in ways that initially disturb her friends.
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Cross her heart : a novel
by Sarah Pinborough
A devoted single parent hides the truth about her daughter's absent father and asks her best friend for help when challenges from her past threaten her teenage daughter.
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Blood communion : a tale of Prince Lestat
by Anne Rice
Navigating his new leadership of the vampire world, Lestat uncovers the story of a mysterious outcast demon who he traces to 18th-century Petersburg and the court of Empress Catherine
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A people's history of the vampire uprising
by Raymond A. Villareal
A pandemic virus stemming from a bizarre blood-solidifying mystery sweeps through the world, transforming victims into beautiful vampire-like beings who rise to prominence in all aspects of society, before one runs for political office.
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In a dark, dark wood
by Ruth Ware
Reluctantly accepting an old friend's invitation to spend a weekend on the English countryside, reclusive writer Leonora awakens in a hospital badly injured, unable to recall what happened and confronting a growing certainty that someone involved has died.
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The alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
A fable about undauntingly following one's dream, listening to one's heart, and reading life's omens, features dialogue between a boy and an unnamed being.
The Evening Book Discussion group will be talking about this title on Monday, December 10 at 6:30 pm.
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What is visible : a novel
by Kimberly Elkins
Describes the life and challenges of Laura Bridgman, a deaf and blind woman who learned language 50 years before Helen Keller did and those who helped her including the founder of the Perkins Institute, with whom she was in love, and her beloved teacher.
The Daytime Book Discussion Group will be talking about this title on Thursday, December 13 at 10:00 am.
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