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Retired Staff Picks January 2015 They're Back! Retired staff members, Char, Chris, Debbie, Ellen, Jane, Linda, Sara and Trish, offer their reading suggestions.
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Big little lies
by Liane Moriarty
An annual school Trivia Night ends in a disastrous riot leaving one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but evidence shows it might have been premeditated in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Husband's Secret.
Call Number: F Moriarty
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The book of unknown Americans
by Cristina Henríquez
Moving from Mexico to America when their daughter suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras confront cultural barriers, their daughter's difficult recovery and her developing relationship with a Panamanian boy. By the author of Come Together, Fall Apart. 75,000 first printing
Call Number: F Henriquez
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The Boston girl : a novel
by Anita Diamant
Recounting the story of her life to her granddaughter, octogenarian Addie describes how she was raised in early 20th-century America by suspicious Jewish immigrant parents in a teeming multicultural neighborhood. Online reading group guide. By the author of The Red Tent and Day After Night.
Call Number: F Diamant
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The escape
by David Baldacci
A latest entry in the popular series that began with Zero Day and The Forgotten continues the adventures of military investigator, John Puller. By the #1 best-selling author of The Hit. 500,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Baldacci
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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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Humans of New York
by Brandon Stanton
In this photographic census of New York City, which is inspired by the blog of the same name, the author showcases 400 color photos, including exclusive portraits and all-new stories that capture the outsized personalities of New York and pay tribute to the human side of a great city. 100,000 first printing.
Call Number: 974.7 Sta
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Leaving time : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
Abandoned by a grief-stricken father and accomplished-scientist mother who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, 13-year-old Jenna Metcalf approaches a disgraced psychic and a jaded detective in the hopes of finding answers. By the #1 best-selling author of The Storyteller. 500,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Picoult
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A map of betrayal
by Ha Jin
Shocked by discoveries in her late CIA mole father's diary, Lilian Shang travels to China to meet the family her father was forced to abandon after World War II. By the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting. 40,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Jin
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Night of a thousand stars
by Deanna Raybourn
After jilting her intended at the altar with the help of vicar Sebastian Cantrip, who disappears without a trace, Poppy Hammond secures employment and passage to Asia where she, on a mission to find the truth about her hero, becomes drawn into a dangerous adventure. Original.
Call Number: F Raybourn
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Orange is the new black : my year in a woman's prison
by Piper Kerman
Traces the author's 15-month incarceration at an infamous women's correctional facility for drug trafficking, an imprisonment during which she gained a unique perspective on the criminal justice system and met a varied community of women living under exceptional circumstances.
Call Number: 365.43 Ker
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We are not ourselves
by Matthew Thomas
Raised by her Irish immigrant parents in a 1940s Queens apartment where alcohol and company combine in mercurial ways, Eileen marries an unambitious scientist with whom she endures an increasingly psychologically dark family life. A first novel.
Call Number: F Thomas
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