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Patron PicksDecember 2014 Alyssa, Barbara, Cheryl, Cindy, James, Jeffrey, Kara, Karen, Linda, Lisa, Michelle, Mindy, Rebecca, Rochelle, Sarah, Stephanie, Tiffany, and Vicky participated in the adult reading programs and offer these suggested titles.
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Come home to me
by Brenda Novak
Presley Christensen returns to Whiskey Creek with her little boy—and a dark secret—after two years away, all she wants to do is spend time with her sister, but thoughts of past flame Aaron Amos keep getting in the way. Original.
Call Number: F Novak
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The dinner : a novel
by Herman Koch
Meeting at a fashionable Amsterdam restaurant for dinner, two couples move from small talk to the wrenching shared challenge of their teenage sons' shattering act of violence that has triggered a police investigation and revealed the extent to which each family will go to protect those they love, in a U.S. release of an international best-seller. 50,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Koch
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The fault in our stars
by John Green
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few more years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis, but when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. By the award-winning author of Looking for Alaska.
Call Number: YA Green
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Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel
by Jamie Ford
When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered in Seattle, Henry Lee embarks on a quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment.
Call Number: F Ford
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Innocence : a novel
by Dean R. Koontz
Foraging for supplies by night in a beautiful but hostile urban world where strangers would kill him on sight, Addison endures a solitary existence before meeting a quicksilver girl engaged in a dangerous duel of wits with a malicious, well-placed enemy. By the best-selling author of the Odd Thomas series.
Call Number: F Koontz
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Ladies' night
by Mary Kay Andrews
Cut off from her palatial home and checking account after an act of post-divorce rage forces her to move in with her widowed mother and attend court-mandated group therapy, rising media star Grace Stanton bonds with three fellow patients who she helps plot respective pursuits of justice and closure. By the best-selling author of Spring Fever.
Call Number: F Andrews
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The lifeboat : a novel
by Charlotte Rogan
Forced into an overcrowded lifeboat after a mysterious explosion on their trans-Atlantic ocean liner, newly widowed Grace Winter battles the elements and her other survivors and remembers her husband, Henry, who set his own safety aside to ensure Grace's. 35,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Rogan
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The ninth wife : a novel
by Amy Stolls
Discovering that the man she loves, who has just proposed to her, has been married eight times before, 35-year-old folklorist and amatuer martial artist Bess Gray, before she can say yes, embarks on a cross-country journey, along with a colorful cast of characters, to interview all eight ex-wives. Original. 50,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Stolls
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The other side of the bridge
by Mary Lawson
The troubled relationship between two brothers--Arthur Dunn, the dutiful eldest son, and the mercurial, dangerous Jake--escalates when they are both drawn to a beautiful young woman, until Jake vanishes, only to reappear fifteen years later when Ian, a young man obsessed with Arthur's wife, becomes a catalyst for tragedy. 75,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Lawson
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Remember me like this : a novel
by Bret Anthony Johnston
A family shattered by the abduction of an older son endures the fallout of four nightmarish years when he is found alive and returned to them badly traumatized. A first novel by the award-winning author of Corpus Christi. 35,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Johnston
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Simple genius
by David Baldacci
Checking into a psychiatric institution after the events in Hour Game, former Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell is worriedly monitored by partner Sean King, who distracts himself with a murder investigation at a genius enclave where a sophisticated microprocessor is being developed. 750,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Baldacci
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Someone
by Alice McDermott
The National Book Award-winning author chronicles the ordinary life of a woman named Marie, from her childhood to old age, as she experiences the changing world of her Irish-American enclave in Brooklyn, in this novel that speaks of life as it is daily lived.
Call Number: F McDemott
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Talk of the town
by Lisa Wingate
When associate producer Mandalay Florentino arrives in Daily, Texas, to arrange a surprise "reunion concert" for hometown American Superstars finalist Amber Amberson, she quickly learns that Amber has disappeared with a "bad boy" actor, and as a result, discovers the talent of Imogene Doll, a bored and lonely young woman. Original.
Call Number: F Wingate
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Vampire most wanted
by Lynsay Sands
When Marcus Notte is tasked with bringing mind-reading vampire Basha Argeneau back to her clan from her hiding place in Southern California, the two of them both use passion as their main weapon in their war of wills. Original.
Call Number: PB Sands
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Without a doubt
by Marcia Clark
The lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder trial provides an insider's glimpse of the case, its outcome, the personal issues involved, and life in the Office of the Los Angeles District Attorney. 1,000,000 first printing.
Call Number: 345.02523 Cla
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The year we left home
by Jean Thompson
The National Book Award finalist author of Who Do You Love and Throw Like a Girl chronicles the happiness pursuits of the Eriksons from their 1970s coming-of-age to the near-present day, in a story told from revolving viewpoints. 50,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Thompson
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