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New & Coming Soon FictionMarch 2017
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We are now offering a "Noteworthy Nonfiction" Libraryaware booklist! This list will be available beginning in February. Please click here to subscribe or ask a second floor library staff member for assistance. Click on the title to check availability, and to log in and place holds online. To place holds by phone, please call us at (708) 366-5205. During open hours, you can also chat with us at www.riverforestlibrary.org. It's easy!
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The Arrangement by Sarah DunnA progressive New York couple with an autistic son move to a bucolic Hudson Valley exurb and immerse themselves in the local community only to have their bond tested by an invitation to become an open-marriage couple. By a senior writer for Murphy Brown and the author of The Big Love. 50,000 first printing. FICTION DUNN
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Only two can keep a secret if one of them is dead. David and Adele seem like the ideal pair. He's a successful psychiatrist, she is his picture-perfect wife who adores him. But why is he so controlling? And why is she keeping things hidden? As Louise, David's new secretary, is drawn into their orbit, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong. But Louise can't guess how wrong--and how far a person might go to protect their marriage's secrets. FICTION PINBOROUGH
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The Book of Mirrors : a novel by Eugen-Ovidiu ChiroviciIntrigued by the original voice of a partial book submission, literary agent Peter Katz wonders if its dying writer is revealing the truth about a long-unsolved murder and becomes obsessed with discovering the manuscript's final pages. By the author of The Massacre. FICTION CHIROVICI
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The Clairvoyants : a novel by Karen BrownA young woman who wants to escape the challenges of being able to see ghosts pursues a college education and a budding romance before the apparition of a missing young woman prompts her to help. By the award-winning author of Little Sinners and Other Stories. FICTION BROWN
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The Cutaway by Christina KovacA young television producer lands in a deadly, tangled web of corruption and cover-up in Washington, D.C., when she investigates the disappearance of a beautiful Georgetown lawyer. A first novel. FICTION KOVAC
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Dead Letters : a novel by Caite Dolan-LeachZelda Antipova—presumed dead—leaves a series of clues for her twin sister, Ava, which leads her on a scavenger-hunt-like quest to solve the mystery of Zelda's disappearance. FICTION DOLAN-LEACH
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Desperation Road by Michael F. SmithIn a rough-and-tumble Mississippi town, the vices of drugs, whiskey, guns and the desire for revenge violently intersect. 40,000 first printing. FICTION SMITH
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The Devil and Webster by Jean Hanff KorelitzThe first woman president of an elite progressive college responds to student protests about a popular professor's tenure denial before the group's controversial leader emerges and shocking acts of vandalism begin to destabilize the campus. By the best-selling author of You Should Have Known. 50,000 first printing. FICTION KORELITZ
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Exit West : a novel by Mohsin HamidThe internationally best-selling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist presents the story of two young lovers whose furtive affair is shaped by local unrest on the eve of a civil war that erupts in a cataclysmic bombing attack, forcing them to abandon their previous home and lives. FICTION HAMID
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The Hearts of Men by Nickolas ButlerA scarred Vietnam veteran and successful businessman reflects on his teen years as a social outcast and friend to a popular youth during a summer camp reunion marked by selflessness and an unthinkable event involving his friend's family members. By the award-winning author of Shotgun Lovesongs. FICTION BUTLER
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Homesick for Another World : stories by Ottessa MoshfeghA highly anticipated first collection by the award-winning author of Eileen features protagonists who stumble on their own base impulses in their unsettling and laugh-out-loud pursuits of fulfillment. FICTION MOSHFEGH
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The Hope Chest : a novel by Viola ShipmanThree individuals, including fiercely independent ALS patient Mattie, her devoted but in-denial husband and her caretaker unlock a parent's hope chest, in which they discover long-ago treasures that trigger inspirational memories. By the author of The Charm Bracelet. FICTION SHIPMAN
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Human Acts : a novel by Kang HanA U.S. release of an award-winning, controversial best-seller from South Korea follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones. FICTION KANG
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I See You by Clare MackintoshSpotting her own picture in a classified ad referencing a mysterious website, Zoe discovers that other women who have appeared in the ad have become the victims of increasingly violent crimes. Discussion guide available online. By the international best-selling author of I Let You Go. FICTION MACKINTOSH
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If I Could Tell You : a novel by Elizabeth WilhideUnexpectedly falling in love on the eve of World War II, a Suffolk pianist, wife and mother finds herself cut off and accompanies her lover, a documentary and propaganda filmmaker, during the harrowing years of the Blitz. Penguin Readers guide available online. By the author of Ashenden. FICTION WILHIDE
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If Not For You : a novel by Debbie MacomberMoving away from her oppressive parents in the hopes of taking charge of her own life, Beth takes a job as a school music teacher and initially resists her attraction to a tattooed mechanic who is the epitome of everything her conservative parents fear. By the best-selling author of A Girl's Guide to Moving On. FICTION MACOMBER
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Karolina's Twins by Ronald H BalsonA tale inspired by true events follows the experiences of a Holocaust survivor who, while fighting a lawsuit from the son who would garner her estate, reflects on her early years in war-torn Poland and the secret of maternity they shared. By the best-selling author of Once We Were Brothers. FICTION BALSON
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On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son’s body. Set over the course of that one night and populated by ghosts of the recently passed and the long dead, Lincoln in the Bardo is a thrilling exploration of death, grief, the powers of good and evil, a novel - in its form and voice - completely unlike anything you have read before. It is also, in the end, an exploration of the deeper meaning and possibilities of life, written as only George Saunders can: with humor, pathos, and grace. FICTION SAUNDERS
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The Lonely Hearts Hotel : a novel by Heather O'NeillTwo orphaned soulmates—one a piano prodigy, the other a dancing savant—dream up a plan for the most extraordinary circus show the world has ever seen against a backdrop of the Great Depression. By the award-winning author of Lullabies for Little Criminals. FICTION ONEILL
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On a warm August night in 1980, six college students sneak into the dilapidated ruins of Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary, looking for a thrill. With a pianist, a painter and a teacher among them, the friends are full of potential. But it's not long before they realize they are locked in--and not alone. When the friends get lost and separated, the terrifying night ends in tragedy, and the unexpected, far-reaching consequences reverberate through the survivors' lives. As they go their separate ways, trying to move on, it becomes clear that their dark night in the prison has changed them all. Decades later, new evidence is found, and the dogged detective investigating the cold case charges one of them--celebrity chef Jon Casey-- with murder. Only Casey's old friend Judith Carrigan can testify to his innocence. FICTION BOYLAN
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The Lost Book of the Grail : a novel by Charles C LovettAn obsessive bibliophile and Holy Grail fanatic combs through centuries of history to uncover a long-lost secret about the medieval Barchester Cathedral library at the side of a young American charged with digitizing the library's manuscripts. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Bookman's Tale. FICTION LOVETT
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The Man Who Never Stopped Sleeping by Aharon AppelfeldFollows the story of Erwin, a young Holocaust survivor, who travels from a refugee camp to a kibbutz in Haifa to begin a new life while still desperately clinging to his memories of the past. FICTION APPELFELD
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My Not So Perfect Life : a novel by Sophie KinsellaAfter being unexpectedly fired by, Demeter Farlowe, her brilliant and creative boss, Katie Brenner retreats to her family's farm to help them set up a vacation business, but when Demeter shows up out of the blue, Katie has a new chance at re-evaluating—and resetting—her life. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author. FICTION KINSELLA
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The Nearness of You : a novel by Amanda Eyre WardElecting to have a child by surrogate rather than pass on the genes that caused her mother's mental illness, heart surgeon Suzette believes that she has achieved her ultimate dreams before unexpectedly falling in love in ways that change her perceptions about motherhood. By the best-selling author of The Same Sky. FICTION WARD
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At the start of the twentieth century, a young girl and her family emigrate from Lithuania in search of a better life in America, only to land on the Emerald Isle instead. In 1958, a mute Jewish boy locked away in a mental institution outside of Dublin forms an unlikely friendship with a man consumed by the story of the love he lost nearly two decades earlier. And in present-day London, an Irish journalist is forced to confront her conflicting notions of identity and family when her Jewish boyfriend asks her to make a true leap of faith. These three arcs, which span generations and intertwine in revelatory ways, come together to tell the haunting story of Ireland's all-but-forgotten Jewish community. Ruth Gilligan's beautiful and heartbreaking Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan explores the question of just how far we will go to understand who we really are, and to feel at home in the world. FICTION GILLIGAN
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Pachinko by Min Jin LeeIn early 1900s Korea, prized daughter Sunja finds herself pregnant and alone, bringing shame on her family until a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan, in the saga of one family bound together as their faith and identity are called into question. Reading-group guide available. By a national best-selling author. 150,000 first printing. FICTION LEE
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A Piece of the World by Christina Baker KlineTells the story of Christina Olson, who served as the host and inspiration for artist Andrew Wyeth, despite an incapacitating illness. By the New York Times best-selling author of Orphan Train. 350,000 first printing. FICTION KLINE
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Say Nothing : a novel by Brad ParksWhen their children are abducted by a man who blackmails them to follow instructions at the risk of the children's lives, a judge and his wife endure a terrorizing ordeal of no-holds-barred deceit and bond-breaking suspicions. By the award-winning author of The Player. FICTION PARKS
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The Strays : a novel by Emily BittoA prize-winning novel from Australia follows the haunting tale of three sisters and their friend, who confront Faustian bargains while coming of age on the outskirts of their parents' glamorous bohemian lifestyle. 50,000 first printing. FICTION BITTO
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa SeeExplores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple, tracing the very different cultural factors that compel them to consume a rare native tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations. FICTION SEE
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The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley : a novel by Hannah TintiA once-professional killer protects his daughter from the legacy of his criminal past, an effort that is challenged by his daughter's struggles with the death of her mother and the reckoning of old enemies. By the prize-winning author of The Good Thief. FICTION TINTI
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We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia HunterA novel based on the true story of a Jewish-Polish family recounts how the Kurcs are scattered throughout the world by the horrors of World War II and fight respective hardships to survive, reach safety and find each other. Includes a family tree. FICTION HUNTER
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Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined--an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Hazards of Good Breeding.
FICTION SHATTUCK
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