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Retired Staff Picks December 2018 Retired staff Carmen, Char, Chris, Debbie, Ellen, Jane, Sallie, Sara, and Trish offer their reading suggestions.
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Above the waterfall
by Ron Rash
Enduring the mistakes and tragedies that have shaped their lives in contemporary Appalachia, a sheriff on the brink of retirement and a haunted park ranger confront violent forces when an elderly local is accused of poisoning a trout stream.
Call Number: F RASH, RON
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All we ever wanted
by Emily Giffin
When her golden-boy son posts a controversial photograph of a scholarship student online, triggering a local scandal, a wife and mother finds herself sympathizing more with the girl's family than her own. By the best-selling author of First Comes Love.
Call Number: F GIFFIN, EMILY
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Becoming
by Michelle Obama
An intimate and uplifting memoir by the former First Lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House.
Call Number: B OBAMA, MICHELLE
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The boys in the bunkhouse : servitude and salvation in the heartland
by Dan Barry
A full-length account of the author's prize-winning New York Times story chronicles the exploitation and abuse case of a group of developmentally disabled workers, who for 25 years, were forced to work under harrowing conditions for virtually no wages until tenacious advocates helped them achieve their freedom.
Call Number: 362.384 BAR
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The perfect mother
by Aimee Molloy
A group of new moms who all gave birth in the month of May gather twice weekly at the park to offer support and companionship before one of the babies is shatteringly abducted, subjecting his traumatized mother to invasive questions and prompting the others to go to increasingly risky lengths to help. By a best-selling author.
Call Number: F MOLLOY, AIMEE
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A place for us
by Fatima Farheen Mirza
A story of family identity and belonging follows an Indian family through the marriage of their daughter, from the parents' arrival in the United States to the return of their estranged son.
Call Number: F MIRZA, FATIMA F.
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The President Is Missing
by Bill Clinton
The White House is the home of the President of the United States, the most guarded, monitored, closely watched person in the world. So how could a U.S. President vanish without a trace? And why would he choose to do so? An unprecedented collaboration between President Bill Clinton and the world's bestselling novelist, James Patterson, The President Is Missing is a breathtaking story from the pinnacle of power.
Call Number: F PATTERSON, JAMES
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The Storyteller's Secret
by Sejal Badani
Nothing prepares Jaya, a New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake. Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India to uncover answers to her family’s past.
Call Number: F BADANI, SEJAL
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Very Valentine
by Adriana Trigiani
When a failing custom wedding shoe business in Greenwich Village falls unexpectedly into her lap, apprentice Valentine Roncalli is challenged to bring her family's old-world craftsmanship into the twenty-first century, an endeavor that is further complicated by personal responsibilities and her budding romance with a chef.
Call Number: F TRIGIANI, ADRIANA
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Virgil wander
by Leif Enger
Emerging from an accident with damaged memories and compromised language skills, a movie house owner from a small Midwestern town pieces together his story against a backdrop of community history, which is shaped by a prodigal son's return.
Call Number: F ENGER, LEIF
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