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Staff PicksMarch 2015 Jeanette from reference is providing our picks this month.
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Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital
by Sheri Fink
A Pulitzer Prize-winning doctor, reporter and author of War Hospital reconstructs five days at Memorial Medical Center after Hurricane Katrina destroyed its generators to reveal how caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions without essential resources, an experience that raised key issues about practitioner responsibilities and end-of-life care.
Call Number: 362.11 Fin
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The irresistible blueberry bakeshop & café : a novel
by Mary Simses
When a dutiful, Manhattanite granddaughter tries to fulfill the last wish of her dying grandmother by delivering a letter to her teenage flame in rural Maine, her near-drowning forces her to stay longer than she had originally planned. 60,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Simses
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Let's just say it wasn't pretty
by Diane Keaton
The Academy Award-winning film star and best-selling author of Then Again describes the ups and downs of living in a beauty-obsessed world, recounting stories about a makeup artist's embarrassing advice, her trip to Victoria's Secret with her teen daughter and more. 200,000 first printing.
Call Number: B Keaton
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Love, life, and elephants : an African love story
by Daphne Jenkins Sheldrick
A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with late husband Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick and a host of animals, including a dwarf mongoose, a buffalo weaver bird and the majestic elephant, Eleanor.
Call Number: B Sheldrick
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The overlook : a novel
by Michael Connelly
Having left the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit for the prestigious Homicide Special squad, Harry Bosch investigates the murder of a doctor whose death is linked to the theft of a dangerous radioactive substance that Harry fears may be part of a large-scale terrorist plot.
Call Number: M Connelly
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The girl on the train
by Paula Hawkins
Obsessively watching a breakfasting couple every day to escape the pain of her losses, Rachel witnesses a shocking event that inextricably entangles her in the lives of strangers.
Call Number: F Hawkins
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A spool of blue thread
by Anne Tyler
The changing needs of aging parents impact a family gathering during which Abby Whitshank relates how her husband and she fell in love during the summer of 1959 and shared decades of marriage impacted by children and long-held secrets. Reading-group guide available. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons. 125,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Tyler
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The Stranger
by Harlan Coben
Parents Adam and Hannah confront the shocking secret on which their marriage was built, leaving Adam to wonder whether he ever truly knew his wife at all. By the best-selling author of Missing You.
Call Number: M Coben
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Yes please
by Amy Poehler
A first-person account by the Golden Globe-winning actress best known for her work on Parks and Recreation and Saturday Night Live includes coverage of such topics as her relationships with caregivers and her friendship with Tina Fey. 500,000 first printing.
Call Number: B Poehler
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Almost famous women : stories
by Megan Mayhew Bergman
This collection of short stories from the author of Birds of a Lesser Paradise depicts the forgotten lives of women who almost achieved fame and notoriety, including Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter, Oscar Wilde's niece and Edna St. Vincent Milay's sister. 30,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Bergman
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Blue stars
by Emily Gray Tedrowe
Two women, Ellen, a Midwestern literature professor whose legal ward is a Marine, and Lacey, a proud Army wife and young mother, form an unlikely friendship at the Walter Reed Army Hospital as they each care for their wounded soldiers and try to survive the dislocated world of the army hospital. Discussion guide available.
Call Number: F Tedrowe
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The iris fan
by Laura Joh Rowland
In 1709 Japan, Sano Ichiro, dedicated to the samurai code of honor, is restored to the rank of chief investigator when the shogun is stabbed with a fan made of painted silk with sharp-pointed iron ribs—a case that, if the shogun's heir is displeased with the outcome, will result in his death. By the author of The Fire Kimono.
Call Number: F Rowland
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Rooms
by Lauren Oliver
After Richard Walker dies, leaving behind a vast country estate, his estranged family arrives for their inheritance, while long-dead former residents bound to the house observe the family and reminisce about their past lives--until both the human and spirit worlds collide. 150,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Oliver
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Shame and the captives : a novel
by Thomas Keneally
A tale inspired by true events follows the experiences of a World War II prisoner's wife who befriends an Italian anarchist in the hopes of alleviating her husband's suffering, only to be swept up in a violent prison break. By the Booker Prize-winning author of Schindler's List.
Call Number: F Keneally
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