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"...that's really what history mostly is: masses of people doing ordinary things." ~ from Bill Bryson's At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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| In the Unlikely Event by Judy BlumeFiction. A plane crash is an unlikely event; three within a period of three months in the same town is so statistically improbable that it beggars belief. Yet this is precisely what happens in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1951. Miri Ammerman, 15 years old when the planes fall out of the sky, is already grappling with the chaos and confusion of adolescence. What is she supposed to do when tragedy turns her world upside-down? Based on events from the author's own childhood, In the Unlikely Event marks Judy Blume's first foray into adult fiction since 1998's Summer Sisters. |
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| Go Set a Watchman: A Novel by Harper LeeFiction. Much has changed in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 20 years since the events of To Kill a Mockingbird. Now 26 and living in New York City, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch returns home for a visit. That's when she discovers that her father, 72-year-old Atticus, who once defended African American Tom Robinson in court, has become a staunch segregationist at a time when the Civil Rights movement is gaining momentum. Originally written in the 1950s, this atmospheric, bittersweet exploration of family ties and race relations serves as a thought-provoking companion piece to its predecessor. |
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| The Marriage of Opposites by Alice HoffmanHistorical Fiction. The daughter of Jewish refugees, Rachel Pomié grows up on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, but dreams of traveling to Paris, the home of her ancestors. Instead, her father arranges for her to marry Isaac, a local widower with three children. When the much-older Isaac dies, his nephew Frédéric arrives to settle the estate. Rachel and Frédéric fall in love and start a family together, despite the disapproval of their entire community. Inspired by the life of the woman who would become the mother of Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro, The Marriage of Opposites also offers a lush, lyrical depiction of 19th-century Jewish life in the Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin Islands). |
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Silver linings
by Debbie Macomber
Struggling with the enigmatic Mark's decision to move away, innkeeper Jo Marie welcomes new guests Kellie and Katie, who aim to overcome heartbreak and pursue new chances for love. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Cedar Cove series.
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1776
by David G. McCullough
The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a landmark history of the American Revolution that ranges from the siege of Boston, to the American defeat at Brooklyn and retreat across New Jersey, to the stunning American victory at Trenton, capturing the people and events that transformed American history.
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| In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton SidesHistory. This fast-paced, compelling chronicle of a famously ill-fated 1879 Arctic expedition introduces U.S. naval officer and explorer George Washington De Long, who led the crew of the USS Jeannette through the Bering Strait in an attempt to find an open-seas passage to the North Pole. Backing De Long's venture was New York Herald owner James Gordon Bennett, Jr., who hoped to increase his sales by publishing an exclusive account of the voyage. Unfortunately for all parties involved, the Jeannette ended up trapped in pack ice for two years, prompting the crew to abandon ship and trek across the ice fields in hope of a rescue that never materialized. Kirkus Reviews calls In the Kingdom of Ice a "grand and grim narrative of thrilling exploration." |
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