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Patron Picks February 2018 Ali, Donna, Edna, Harold, Lana, Lisa, Sarah, Tamara, and Tonya participated in the adult reading program and offer these suggestions.
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Calling Me Home
by Julie Kibler
A debut novel inspired by the author's grandmother's forbidden love with a black man follows the experiences of hairdresser and African-American single mom Dorrie, who while struggling with difficult family dynamics reluctantly agrees to drive an octogenarian client to a funeral several states away.
Call Number: F KIBLER, JULIE
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The first wife
by Erica Spindler
Moving to her husband's Louisiana horse-farm estate after a whirlwind romance, Bailey Browne is dismayed by rumors about the suspicious death of his first wife and the disappearances of other women from the area. By the best-selling author of Justice for Sara.
Call Number: F SPINDLER, ERICA
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If you only knew
by Kristan Higgins
Returning to her Hudson hometown to escape her ex's drama, a wedding dress designer encourages her sister to reconcile with an unfaithful husband by revealing a family secret. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Blue Heron series.
Call Number: F HIGGINS, KRISTAN
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The last letter from your lover
by Jojo Moyes
More than forty years after a car accident causes Jennifer Stirling to lose her memory on the day she planned to leave her husband for a mysterious lover, journalist Ellie becomes obsessed by the story and seeks the truth in the hopes of revitalizing her career.
Call Number: F MOYES, JOJO
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The mapmaker's children
by Sarah McCoy
The daughter of abolitionist John Brown uses her artistic talents to create and hide secret maps for the Underground Railroad, one of which is discovered years later by a modern woman who is inspired to redefine her beliefs about courage and family.
Call Number: F MCCOY, SARAH
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Mermaid moon
by Colleen Coble
Sunset Cove #2
Convinced her father has been murdered, Audra Davis returns home to a remote coastal town in Maine to take over his mail boat duties and investigate with her former childhood sweetheart, now the local game warden.
Call Number: F COBLE, COLLEEN
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The promise
by Robyn Carr
Thunder Point #5
Accepting a temporary position at a small family practice in Thunder Point, Oregon, physician's assistant Peyton Lacoumette, recovering from a recent break-up, must decide whether or not to make her stay permanent when she falls in love with Dr. Scott Grant, a widower and single father.
Call Number: F CARR, ROBYN
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Push not the river
by James Conroyd Martin
A tale based on a real eighteenth-century diary follows the coming of age of Countess Anna Maria Berezowska as she witnesses the rise and fall of the Third of May Constitution in Poland, loses her parents, and falls in love with a democratic reformer.
Call Number: F MARTIN, JAMES C.
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A refuge at Highland Hall
by Carrie Turansky
Edwardian brides series #3
When Britain declares war on Germany in 1914, 19-year-old Penelope Ramsey, an English aristocrat, is determined to do her part and help her country, but when she falls in love with a daredevil pilot, she must decide whether or not he is worth risking her heart.
Call Number: LP F TURANSKY, CARRIE
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The second sister
by Marie Bostwick
A stand-alone tale by the author of the Cobbled Court Quilts series follows the hometown return of campaign advisor Lucy after the death of her estranged and mentally disabled sister, whose will compels Lucy to bond with her sister's friends.
Call Number: F BOSTWICK, MARIE
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Station eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
The sudden death of a Hollywood actor during a production of King Lear marks the beginning of the world's dissolution, in a story told at various past and future times from the perspectives of the actor and four of his associates. By the author of The Lola Quartet.
Call Number: SF MANDEL, EMILY S.
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Tribe : on homecoming and belonging
by Sebastian Junger
Explores the historical, psychological and anthropological roles of tribal societies to examine the human instinct to belong to small, purposeful groups and how regaining tribal connections may be essential to mental survival in the modern world. By the best-selling author of The Perfect Storm and War.
Call Number: 302.3 JUN
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An unlikely love
by Dorothy Clark
When Grant and Marissa meet on a steamer headed to the Chautauqua Assembly, he is instantly drawn to her. But his courtship soon hits some roadblocks. She's intent on spreading her temperance message, and he manages his family's vineyard.
Call Number: LP F CLARK, DOROTHY
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What she knew
by Gilly Macmillan
A recently divorced mom finds herself in the eye of an increasingly suspicious public after her 8-year-old son suddenly vanishes at a park on a Sunday afternoon and must follow the clues to find him herself.
Call Number: F MACMILLAN, GILLY
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