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Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection focusing on artifacts recovered from the steamship Pulaski, she's shocked. The ship sank after a boiler explosion in 1838, and the wreckage was just discovered, 180 years later. Everly can't resist the opportunity to try to solve some of the mysteries and myths surrounding the devastating night of its sinking. Genre: Historical fiction; Southern fiction Tone: Dramatic; Moving Writing Style: Engaging; Richly detailed
"Fans of Diane Chamberlain, Sarah Jio, Jennifer Robson, and Joanna Goodman are sure to enjoy Surviving Savannah.." -- Patricia, Library Assistant
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Here are the most sought after books at the L&A Libraries.
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1. The four winds by Kristin HannahA Depression-era woman confronts a wrenching choice between fighting for the Dust Bowl-ravaged land she loves in Texas or pursuing an uncertain future in California.Genre: Historical fictionTone: DramaticWriting Style: Engaging; Lyrical; Richly detailed Stuck on the holds list? While you wait, try...
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2. The sanatorium by Sarah PearseAccompanying family members to an isolated Swiss Alps hotel to recuperate from a traumatizing case, a woman detective uncovers the fates of long-ago tuberculosis patients who went missing from the property years earlier when it operated as a sanatorium. Genre: Thrillers and suspenseThemes: Vacation interruptedStoryline: Intricately plottedTone: Atmospheric; Suspenseful Stuck on the holds list? While you wait, try...
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3. The lost apothecary by Sarah PennerHidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to women who require well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake.Genre: Historical fiction; Parallel narrativesStoryline: Intricately plottedTone: Atmospheric Stuck on the holds list? While you wait, try...
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4. Jonny Appleseedby Joshua WhiteheadJonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, has to return to the his former life when he attends the funeral of his stepfather.Genre: Canadian fiction; Mainstream fictionCharacter: Culturally diverse; LGBTQIA diverseStoryline: Own voices Stuck on the holds list? While you wait, try...
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5. The midnight library by Matt Haig Nora Seed finds herself faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, or realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist, she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place. Genre: Science fiction Tone: Mystical Writing Style: Engaging Stuck on the holds list? While you wait, try...
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