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Retired Staff Picks February 2019 Retired staff Carmen, Char, Chris, Debbie, Ellen, Jane, Sallie, Sara, Shobana, and Trish offer their reading suggestions.
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The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
In 1947, pregnant Charlie St. Clair, an American college girl banished from her family, arrives in London to find out what happened to her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, and meets a former spy who, torn apart by betrayal, agrees to help her on her mission.
Call Number: F QUINN, KATE
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The boy in the snow
by M. J. McGrath
Edie Kiglatuk #2
Visiting Alaska with Sergeant Derek Palliser to help her ex-husband Sammy compete in the famous Iditarod dog sled race, half-Inuit Edie Kiglatuk joins a local investigation into the exposure death of an infant and uncovers a sinister ring of corrupt politics, religious intolerance and sex trafficking. By the award-winning author of White Heat.
Call Number: M MCGRATH, M. J.
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Britt-Marie was here
by Fredrik Backman
Walking away from her loveless marriage and taking a job in a derelict, financially devastated town, 63-year-old Britt-Marie uses her fierce organizational skills to become a local soccer coach to a group of lost children, becoming a vital community member along the way. By the author of A Man Called Ove.
Call Number: F BACKMAN, FREDRIK
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The Columbus affair
by Steve Berry
When his beloved daughter falls in the clutches of a ruthless zealot, disgraced journalist Tom Sagan risks everything to embark on a perilous quest from Florida through Prague to Jamaica in search of an invaluable historical treasure. By the best-selling author of The Jefferson Key.
Call Number: F BERRY, STEVE
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The innocent man : murder and injustice in a small town
by John Grisham
The best-selling author of The Last Juror, The Runaway Jury, A Time to Kill, and other tales of legal suspense presents his first work of nonfiction, in a compelling legal thriller.
Call Number: 345.766 GRI
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Lilac girls
by Martha Hall Kelly
A debut novel inspired by the life of unlikely World War II heroine Caroline Ferriday follows the experiences of a Manhattan debutante, who resolves to help upon learning of the atrocities at the Ravensbruck concentration camp; and a Catholic teen, who is swept up in the Polish resistance movement.
Call Number: F KELLY, MARTHA H.
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Night of miracles
by Elizabeth Berg
A baking class instructor, her haunted assistant and a youth reeling from a family tragedy discover the power of community while navigating complicated choices and uncertain futures. By the best-selling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv.
Call Number: F BERG, ELIZABETH
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Nine perfect strangers
by Liane Moriarty
At a remote health resort, nine strangers and their enigmatic host become subjects of interest to former best-selling novelist Frances Welty, who develops uncomfortable doubts about the resort's real agenda.
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This is how it always is
by Laurie Frankel
A family reshapes their ideas about family, love and loyalty when youngest son Claude reveals increasingly determined preferences for girls' clothing and accessories and refuses to stay silent. By the author of Goodbye for Now.
Call Number: LP F FRANKEL, LAURIE
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Unsheltered
by Barbara Kingsolver
Traces the experiences of a woman whose efforts to protect her family from sudden unemployment are shaped by the story of an ostracized nineteenth-century science teacher connected to her by their home in the community of Vineland, New Jersey.
Call Number: F KINGSOLVER, BARBARA
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An Unsuitable Match
by Joanna Trollope
Rose Woodrowe is getting married to Tyler Masson - a wonderful, sensitive man who is head-over-heels in love with her. The only problem? This isn't the first time for either of them, and their five grown-up children have strong opinions on the matter ... Who to listen to? Who to please? Rose and Tyler are determined to get it right this time, but in trying to make everyone happy, can they ever be happy themselves?
Call Number: F TROLLOPE, JOANNA
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