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A Baker's Dozen of Staff PicksApril, 2017
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Check out what our staff is recommending this month!
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A Long Way Home by Saroo BrierleyA full-length account of the author's inspirational effort to find his India birthplace describes how he was accidentally separated from his family in the mid-1980s, his survival on the streets of Calcutta, his adoption by an Australian family and his headline-making Google Earth search.
Jen: Technical Services
"This story is amazing... from India to Australia and back! This book will tug at your heart strings, and you'll be thrilled that Saroo finds closure after all those long years of trying to find his hometown." |
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Britt-Marie Was Here : a novel by Fredrik BackmanWalking away from her loveless marriage and taking a job in a 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 New York Times best-selling author of A Man Called Ove.
Nadge: Adult Services
"After living in the shadow of her husband, Britt-Marie at age 63, is devalued, displaced, divorced and disillusioned. A small town motley crew and a begging forgiveness husband shepherd her to triumph. Her foibles and eccentricities are both amusing and disheartening. In Britt-Marie's case "it takes a village" and as a reader I readily joined the motley crew." |
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A Sudden Light by Garth SteinA fourteen-year-old boy's efforts to save his parents' troubled marriage and uphold his dementia-afflicted grandfather's final wishes are shaped by a ghost who cannot rest until past debts are paid
Jill: Public Relations
"Is it a ghost story, a love story, or historical fiction? Maybe all three. In 1990, Trevor Riddell is 14 years old, when his father takes him back to the infamous Riddell House in the Pacific Northwest. Riddell House was constructed in the late 1800s by Trevor's great, great grandfather, a legend in the timber industry. Among hidden staircases and forgotten rooms, Trevor discovers the painful past of his family and the secrets his father has kept from him. What is the true destiny of Riddell House? Read it and find out!" |
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A Fall of Marigolds by Susan MeissnerTwo women living 100 years apart experience similar tragic losses of love, Clara's in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, and Taryn's in the collapse of the Twin Towers, are connected through time by a scarf.
Jess: Adult Services "Susan Meissner utilized a very creative concept when she wrote this novel. Her story is tied together beautifully by a scarf shared by two women and the tragedies they experienced."
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Heartbreak Hotel by Jonathan KellermanSurprised by a nearly 100-year-old new client who refuses to explain the reason she needs his services at their first session, Alex Delaware is shocked by the woman's subsequent murder and teams up with detective Milo Sturgis to investigate her mysterious life and death. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
Karen : Adult Services "This was a fast paced book. The plot kept you wondering what would happen next."
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Behind Her Eyes by Sarah PinboroughThe secretary of a successful psychiatrist is drawn into the seemingly picture-perfect life of her boss and his wife. Then she discovers a complex web of controlling behaviors and secrets that gradually reveal profound and dangerous flaws in the couple's relationship.
Nicole: Children's Department "A psychological thriller written from two points of view with a twisted ending you will never see coming!"
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Killer Smile by Lisa ScottolineWhen she receives personal threats and an associate is murdered, young lawyer Mary DiNunzio realizes that her latest case, involving a World War II internment camp suicide, may have deadly modern-day ties. By the author of Dead Ringer. Maureen: Human Resources "Nice easy read. A lawyer uncovers some dirty truths about a "suicide" that took place during World War II. An interesting novel that has a few twists and turns that I didn't see coming. This author is a former trial lawyer, who blends a good story and makes the characters easy to relate to. I'm looking forward to reading more by this author."
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A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria SchwabServing as an ambassador of his own world while carrying messages to parallel-universe, Londons with respective magical abilities and conflicts, Kell hides his secret smuggling activities only to be set up with a forbidden object from a dark dimension. By the author of The Near Witch.
Gina: Young Adult "Kell is a powerful sorcerer living in London in 1812 -- but it's not the London we know. There are four Londons in this book and Kell travels to each one in order to stop a tainted magic stone from causing a plague in his city, Red London. This book perfectly balances worldbuilding with action and plot. You'll be at the edge of your seat as Kell and Delilah Bard, his companion from Grey London (that's ours) are on the run from their enemies. The entire trilogy is now out, so enjoy this first entry without having to wait for the rest of the story!"
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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittThe Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older. Holly: Circulation Department "Would you want to live forever? This was the interesting concept presented in this novel."
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Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangStories of Your Life and Others presents characters who must confront sudden change--the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens--while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy. In the amazing and much-lauded title story, a grieving mother copes with divorce and the death of her daughter by drawing on her knowledge of alien languages and non-linear memory recollection.
Jane: Circulation Department "I watched the movie, Arrival, which inspired me to read the short story it was based on. I enjoyed this novella as much as the movie."
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Career of Evil by Robert GalbraithWhen a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg, and Cormoran Strike must look to his past to determine who is behind the horrid parcel. By a #1 best-selling author of The Cuckoo's Calling.
Mary: Administration "This is the third in a series of adult detective novels, featuring private detective Cormoran Strike. Writing as Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling has created two fascinating characters who solve very unpleasant murders in modern-day London. Strike's office manager, who eventually becomes his sleuthing partner, is Robin Ellacott. Both have interesting, but distressing, back stories. Rowling is a master of character development."
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Hope: a Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Amanda BerryTwo victims of infamous Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro share the story of their abductions, the abuse they suffered during their decade in captivity, and their dramatic escape
Linda: Discovery Works "I was amazed at the maturity shown by these young women in handling this terrible situation. They always kept hope alive."
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Kill Alex Cross by James PattersonDetective Alex Cross is thwarted at every turn while he attempts to investigate the abduction of the President's son and daughter and also discovers a deadly contagion released in the Capitol's water supply that foreshadows of a larger, more devastating attack.
Mary Jo: Technical Services "This was my first book written by James Patterson. I loved the short engaging chapters."
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