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New & Coming Soon FictionMay 2017
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We are now offering a "Noteworthy Nonfiction" LibraryAware booklist! 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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Becoming Bonnie : a novel by Jenni L. WalshA young woman determined to escape poverty secretly takes a night job in a 1927 speakeasy while maintaining her wholesome-girl identity by day, an endeavor that reveals her fiancé's licentious nature and introduces her to convicted felon Clyde Barrow, who entices her to become his partner in crime. FICTION WALSH
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The Book of Summer : a novel by Michelle GableReturning to the Nantucket compound where her ancestors built a once-grand family home, doctor Bess endeavors to pack up the crumbling estate against the wishes of her contentious mother, only to discover an astonishing family secret. By the best-selling author of A Paris Apartment. FICTION GABLE
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Checkpoint by Jean-Christophe RufinMaud uncovers the hidden fears and secret scars of her fellow humanitarian volunteers on an aid convoy. By the author of The Abyssian. FICTION RUFIN
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The Color of Our Sky by Amita TrasiAttempting to escape her fate as a lower caste temple prostitute, Mukta becomes the house girl for an upper-middle-class family in 1986 Mumbai where she befriends the daughter of the house, Tara, who is determined to locate her friend after her 1993 kidnapping. 75,000 first printing. FICTION TRASI
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Come Sundown by Nora RobertsRunning the Montana ranch that has been home to four generations of her family, Bo and the man she is starting to love encounter her badly injured aunt, who ran off decades earlier, before a local murder reveals sinister activities in the mountains that surround their home. By the best-selling author of Whiskey Beach. FICTION ROBERTS
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The Dinner Party : stories by Joshua FerrisAn anthology of short stories by the prizewinning author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour includes pieces previous published in The New Yorker and Best American Short Stories and follows the efforts of protagonists searching for answers in the wake of surprise, violent or otherwise life-changing moments. 40,000 first printing. FICTION FERRIS
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Dragon Teeth by Michael CrichtonA recently discovered novel by the ER creator and best-selling author of Jurassic Park is set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting and follows the exploits of two ambitious paleontologists who sabotage each others' careers in a rivalry that came to be known as the Bone Wars. 1,000,000 first printing. FICTION CRICHTON
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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine : a novel by Gail HoneymanA socially awkward, routine-oriented loner teams up with a bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of isolation and secret unhappiness. A first novel. FICTION HONEYMAN
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Enemy of the Good by Matthew PalmerA Foreign Service officer makes a startling discovery when she is assigned by her uncle, a U.S. ambassador, to infiltrate an underground democracy movement in Kyrgyzstan while on a mission to negotiate with the country’s president on a massive airbase lease. FICTION PALMER
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House of Names by Colm TóibínA retelling of the story of Clytemnestra and her children in the legendary Greek city of Mycenae, describes how at the side of her lover she plots to murder her long-absent husband for his betrayals and infidelities. By the award-winning author of The Master. FICTION TOIBIN
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Into the Water : a novel by Paula HawkinsWhen a single mom and a teen girl are found murdered at the bottom of a river in a small town weeks apart, an ensuing investigation dredges up a complicated local history involving human instincts and the damage they can inflict. By the best-selling author of The Girl on the Train. FICTION HAWKINS
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The Leavers by Lisa KoAn award-winning debut novel follows the experiences of a Chinese youth who when his undocumented worker mother fails to return home is adopted by a family that attempts to make him over as an American teen while he struggles to reconcile his new life with memories of the family he left behind. FICTION KO
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The Memory of You by Catherine WestThirteen years ago, Natalie lost a part of herself when her twin sister died. Will traveling back to the family winery finally put the memory to rest, or will it completely destroy her? FICTION WEST
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Men Without Women : stories by Haruki MurakamiA major new collection of stories by the internationally acclaimed author of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage features male protagonists who find themselves alone in a smoky bar, in a baseball game, in the face of Beatles music, in the presence of women and in the wake of a vanishing cat. FICTION MURAKAMI
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Mother Land by Paul TherouxAn intricately detailed, darkly humorous portrait of a family both held together and torn apart by a narcissist matriarch describes how her husband and seven children navigate the woman's false outward appearances and her petty tyrannies as she ages well past 100 years old. 50,000 first printing. First serial, The New Yorker. FICTION THEROUX
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Round Midnight by Laura McBrideFour multicultural women find their lives intersecting at a Las Vegas casino nightclub where they each experience a life-changing moment. By the author of We Are Called to Rise. FICTION MCBRIDE
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Saints For All Occasions : a novel by J. Courtney SullivanMoving from Ireland to America upon coming of age, a shy and responsible older sister and a gregarious young sister who thrives in their new Boston home endure the long-term repercussions of a fateful decision when the younger sister becomes pregnant. FICTION SULLIVAN
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Salt Houses by Hala AlyanForeseeing blessings and troubles in the lives of her daughter and grandchildren, Salma endures hardships stemming from the Six-Day War of 1967 in Palestine before rebuilding in Kuwait, before the family is scattered by Saddam Hussein's regime. A first novel. 50,000 first printing. FICTION ALYAN
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Same Beach, Next Year by Dorothea Benton FrankReconnecting on one of Charleston's most beautiful barrier islands, a pair of former sweethearts rediscover their feelings for one another while their jealous spouses pursue an unexpected attraction of their own over more than 20 years—also marked by financial catastrophes, family tragedies and devastating heartbreaks. By a best-selling author. 150,000 first printing. FICTION FRANK
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The Scribe of Siena : a novel by Melodie WinawerTaking an unexpected trip to a Tuscan city to settle her brother's estate, a grieving neurosurgeon discovers the journals and paintings of a 14th-century artist before finding herself transported through time to the artist's world just prior to the outbreak of a devastating plague. A first novel. FICTION WINAWER
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Secrets in Summer : a novel by Nancy ThayerSpending her days at the library and her nights stargazing and contemplating a new relationship, Darcy is unexpectedly drawn into the summertime dramas of three families, including those of her recently married ex, a situation that compels Darcy to consider what she truly wants. FICTION THAYER
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The Silent Corner : a novel by Dean R. KoontzA first entry in a two-part novel of suspense finds shattered widow Jane Hawk investigating the inexplicable truth behind her happy and successful husband's suicide and is rendered a fugitive when she discovers that powerful enemies are somehow forcing accomplished and popular people to end their lives. By the best-selling author of Ashley Bell. FICTION KOONTZ
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Since We Fell by Dennis LehaneRetreating from the world in the aftermath of a traumatizing reporting assignment, Rachel finds happiness with a raffish businessman before witnessing activities surrounding a conspiracy that tests the limits of her fragile psyche. By the best-selling author of Mystic River. 500,000 first printing. FICTION LEHANE
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Standard Deviation : a novel by Katherine HeinyA first novel by the author of Single, Carefree, Mellow follows the marriage between a man and his spontaneous but exhausting second wife, a relationship that is further shaped by their Asperger's-patient child and an effort to be friends with the man's very different first wife. FICTION HEINY
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Testimony by Scott TurowAssigned to investigate the unsolved disappearance of an entire Gypsy refugee camp during the Bosnian War, a disillusioned American prosecutor navigates a host of suspects while uncovering disturbing alliances and betrayals. By the best-selling author of Presumed Innocent. 300,000 first printing. FICTION TUROW
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Three Envelopes by Nir HezroniAfter a top Israeli intelligence agent receives a disturbing notebook written by a rogue agent and assassin, supposedly dead for years, he begins to investigate whether he was a psychopath or actually part of lethal, top secret operation. FICTION HEZRONI
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Trajectory : Stories by Richard RussoA new collection of short fiction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Everybody's Fool includes the stories of a professor who confronts a plagiarist during a Thanksgiving holiday, a realtor who faces an ominous medical prognosis that places him in his father's shadow and a lapsed novelist who struggles with a spouse's illness while rekindling his career. FICTION RUSSO
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A Welcome Murder : a novel by Robin YocumAfter serving time for selling drugs, former baseball star Johnny Earl returns home to retrieve the money he hid, but a former prison cellmate is also after the money and the FBI wants to question Johnny about the murder of the agent who set him up. FICTION YOCUM
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