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Retired Staff Picks September 2017 Retired staff Carmen, Char, Chris, Debbie, Ellen, Jane, Linda, Sara, and Trish offer their reading suggestions.
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The after party
by Anton DiSclafani
When her popular best friend, Joan, spirals out of control in their socially driven 1950s Houston community, Cece, a young wife and mother, struggles to intervene before making a painful choice. By the best-selling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls.
Call Number: F DISCLAFANI, ANTON
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Celine
by Peter Heller
Establishing an excellent record as a missing-persons tracker who specializes in reuniting families to make amends for a loss in her own past, Celine searches for a presumed-dead photographer in Yellowstone only to be targeted by a shadowy figure who would keep the case unsolved. By the best-selling author of The Dog Stars.
Call Number: F HELLER, PETER
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Chance developments
by Alexander McCall Smith
A collection of thematically linked short stories on the subjects of love and art, each inspired by an evocative old photo, includes the stories of a nun who leaves the sisterhood to discover big-city life and a romance between a circus ventriloquist and animal handler. By the best-selling author of Trains and Lovers.
Call Number: F MCCALL SMITH, ALEXANDER
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Dear Mr. You
by Mary-Louise Parker
The award-winning actress tells her life story through the letters she's written to the men in her life, both real and hypothetical, including the grandfather she never knew, a priest from childhood, past boyfriends and the uncle of the baby girl she adopted.
Call Number: B PARKER, MARY-LOUISE
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Death at Wentwater Court
by Carola Dunn
Daisy Dalrymple Mystery #1
Fledgling journalist, Daisy Dalrymple, daringly embarks on her first writing assignment--and promptly stumbles across a corpse. Daisy joins forces with Scotland Yard to examine an esteemed collection of suspects and to see that the unlikely culprit doesn't slip through their fingers.
Call Number: OVERDRIVE
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Do not become alarmed
by Maile Meloy
A tropical vacation cruise turns nightmarish for two families whose children go missing during a stop in Central America, a crisis that triggers blame, animosity and new priorities as the once-happy parents scramble to recover their children and their lives. By the award-winning author of Liars and Saints.
Call Number: F MELOY, MAILE
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The General's Women
by Susan Wittig Albert
Set during the chaotic years of World War II, The General's Women tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his Irish driver/aide, and the impact of that relationship on Mamie Eisenhower and her life in Washington during the war.
Call Number: F ALBERT, SUSAN W.
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In other words
by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Unaccustomed Earth traces her enduring love affair with the Italian language that prompted her family's move to Rome, where her efforts to master the language as a writer shaped her feelings of belonging and exile.
Call Number: 813.54 LAH
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Jewelweed : a novel
by David Rhodes
Returns to the detached world of Driftless in the aftermath of Blake Bookchester's parole, a period marked by single mother Danielle Workhouse's job in the mansion of Buck and Amy Roebuck, a bat named Milton and Ivan and August's friendship with a recluse in a melon field.
Call Number: F RHODES, DAVID
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The lost book of the Grail, or, A visitors guide to Barchester Cathedral
by Charles C Lovett
An obsessive bibliophile and Holy Grail fanatic combs through centuries of history to uncover a long-lost secret about the medieval Barchester Cathedral library at the side of a young American charged with digitizing the library's manuscripts. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Bookman's Tale.
Call Number: F LOVETT, CHARLES C.
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The Marsh King's daughter
by Karen Dionne
A woman whose birth occurred as a result of her teen mother's abduction and imprisonment in an isolated marshland cabin risks the adult family that does not know her past when she uses survival skills honed in childhood to track down her murderous father.
Call Number: F DIONNE, KAREN
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The mother's promise
by Sally Hepworth
A dying single mother reaches out to her oncology nurse and social worker for help protecting her troubled teen daughter, forging a unit that bonds the four women together and challenges them to confront their sharpest fears and secrets. By the best-selling author of The Things We Keep.
Call Number: F HEPWORTH, SALLY
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Nine women, one dress
by Jane L. Rosen
Nine unrelated women whose circumstances are shaped by unrequited love, infidelity and fame find their lives touched by the same little black dress and its seemingly magical properties.
Call Number: F ROSEN, JANE L.
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Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd
by C. Alan Bradley
Excitedly sailing home to England after being ejected from her stuffy young ladies' school, 12-year-old Flavia receives news of her father's serious illness and is surrounded by annoying family members before stumbling onto a murder scene where the only witness is the cat. By the co-author of Ms. Holmes of Baker Street.
Call Number: M BRADLEY, ALAN
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