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Staff Picks June 2018 Debbie H. from Collections is providing our picks for the month.
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Accidental saints : finding God in all the wrong people
by Nadia Bolz-Weber
A standup comic-turned-pastor describes her experiences with "accidental saints"--individuals with whom she has found the meaning of grace--including a drag queen, a felonious bishop, and a gun-toting member of the NRA.
Call Number: 284.1 BOL
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
by Gail Honeyman
A socially awkward, routine-oriented loner teams up with a bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of isolation and secret unhappiness.
Call Number: F HONEYMAN, GAIL
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The long way home
by Louise Penny
Chief Inspector Gamache #10
At first enjoying a peaceful retirement, former Quebec homicide detective Armand Gamache reluctantly agrees to help a neighbor search for her missing estranged husband and teams up with two former colleagues on a search that reveals the workings of a psychologically damaged mind.
Call Number: M PENNY, LOUISE
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My grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry
by Fredrik Backman
Seven-year-old Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending the girl on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales. By the internationally best-selling author of A Man Called Ove.
Call Number: F BACKMAN, FREDRIK
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The Store
by James Patterson
Living in a world where all needs are anticipated and delivered by a powerful convenience retailer known as The Store, New York writers Jacob and Megan go undercover to expose The Store's secrets in ways that risk their lives. Co-written by the award-winning author of Zoo.
Call Number: F PATTERSON, JAMES
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Big Girl Panties
by Stephanie Evanovich
When Logan Montgomery, a personal trainer to the country's most famous pro athletes, offers to help her get back in shape, young widow Holly Brennan, deciding to make at least one positive change in her life, throws herself into exercise and into Logan's arms.
Call Number: F EVANOVICH, STEPHANIE
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Deadfall
by Linda A Fairstein
Alexandra Cooper #19
Investigating the drive-by murder of a high-profile city employee, assistant district attorney Alexandra Cooper teams up with NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace to search for answers in secret societies, a big-game hunting operation, the illegal animal trade and covert government deals.
Call Number: M FAIRSTEIN, LINDA A.
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Here's to us
by Elin Hilderbrand
Gathering at a ramshackle Nantucket cottage, a late celebrity chef's wives and children confront the sources of their bitter rivalries and slowly let go of resentments as they remember positive times and share long-held secrets.
Call Number: F HILDERBRAND, ELIN
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Marie-Thérèse, child of terror : the fate of Marie Antoinette's daughter
by Susan Nagel
A vivid portrait of Marie-Thérèse, the only child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI to survive the revolution, chronicles her privileged upbringing, the Reign of Terror and her escape from Paris's Temple Prison, and her formidable role on the political stage of Europe following the revolution and influence on the history of nineteenth-century Europe.
Call Number: 944.035 NAG
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The sunshine sisters
by Jane Green
Receiving a sobering health diagnosis, a once-uninvolved mother-turned-Hollywood star calls her estranged adult daughters home in the hopes of ending her life, triggering old rivalries and secret fears that challenge family bonds. By the best-selling author of Falling.
Call Number: F GREEN, JANE
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Driving Miss Norma : one family's journey saying "yes" to living
by Tim Bauerschmidt
A full-length memoir based on the popular Facebook page of the same name chronicles the remarkable cross-country journey of the effervescent 90-year-old Miss Norma, who in the face of terminal illness embarked on a transformative road trip with her son, daughter-in-law and giant poodle.
Call Number: 917.3 BAU
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The girls in the picture
by Melanie Benjamin
An intimate reimagining of the powerful creative partnership between Hollywood superstars Frances Marion and Mary Pickford traces their friendship and boundary-breaking achievements against a backdrop of pre-World War I Hollywood. By the best-selling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue.
Call Number: F BENJAMIN, MELANIE
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Grow What You Love : 12 Food Plant Families to Change Your Life
by Emily Murphy
Designed to be a simple guide to growing vegetables, herbs and more that will add to the flavor and variety of fresh produce choices throughout the year. Aimed at novice and experienced gardeners alike it will be an image-driven, how-to adventure from an expert gardener and communicator with an enthusiasm for an authentic life.
Call Number: 635 MUR
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Our lady of the prairie
by Thisbe Nissen
Setting aside the complications of her extramarital affair to oversee her unstable daughter's wedding on the Iowa prairie, a newly single theater professor navigates such challenges as a wedding-day tornado, a fascist mother-in-law and her once-docile ex's tragicomic revenge fantasies.
Call Number: F NISSEN, THISBE
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Property : Stories Between Two Novellas
by Lionel Shriver
A collection of 10 short stories and two novellas by the author of the National Book Award finalist, So Much for That, is set in America and Britain and explores the dynamics of real estate and personal possessions and how they act as both revelatory proxies and the catalysts of power dynamics in relationships.
Call Number: F SHRIVER, LIONEL
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