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Handpicked by Dana November 2017 I'm an Adult Services Librarian at the River Forest Public Library. I absolutely adore historical and domestic fiction, romance, books about animals, and biographies on First Ladies. I also like to read police procedural mysteries, psychological thrillers, and women's fiction. I find reading most enjoyable when I'm curled up with my cat Timmy! One of my favorite things about my job is that I have the opportunity to connect readers with books, whether that be through our home delivery service or staffing the reference desk. Please contact me at djanisch@rflib.org if you're interested in receiving a custom book list from me.
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
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Christmas : a biography by Judith FlandersThe best-selling author of The Making of Home presents a tour of Christmas holiday traditions from the original festival through today, touching on subjects ranging from gift wrap and the holiday parade to the first gag holiday gift book and the first official appearance of Santa Claus. 394.2663 FLA
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A Christmas carol by Charles DickensA miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. FICTION DICKENS
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Holiday InnBing Crosby and Fred Astaire star in Holiday Inn as a popular nightclub song-and-dance team. When his heart is broken by his girlfriend, Crosby decides to retire from the hustle-bustle of big city showbiz. He purchases a rustic New England farm and converts it to an inn, which he opens to the public (floor show and all) only on holidays. DVD HOLIDAY HOL
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Family Stone /Everett Stone brings his girlfriend home during Christmas to meet his family, who are less than welcoming to her. DVD HOLIDAY FAM
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NutcrackerFirst seen by many on PBS, this version of The Nutcracker from the American Ballet Theatre was shot in 1977 and features legendary ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. With music by the National Philharmonic, the program was directed by Tony Charmoli and features Gelsey Kirkland as Clara and Alexander Minz as Drosselmeier. J DVD NUT
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Miracle on 34th StreetEdmund Gwenn is Kris Kringle, who takes a takes a job at Macy's during the Christmas season, only to have his true identity questioned. DVD HOLIDAY MIR
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POP UP NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
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Winter Weather Books: Avoid the Cold and Snuggle Up With These!
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All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot Whether struggling mightily to position a calf for birthing, or comforting a lonely old man whose beloved dog and only companion has died, Herriot's heartwarming and often hilarious stories of his first years as a country vet perfectly depict the wonderful relationship between man and animal-- and they intimately portray a man whose humor, compassion , and love of life are truly inspiring. BIOGRAPHY HERRIOT
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Shirley Jackson : a rather haunted life by Ruth Franklin"This long-awaited biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature and revives the life and work of a neglected master. Still known to millions only as the author of the "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) remainscuriously absent from the American literary canon. A genius of literary suspense, Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of postwar America better than anyone. Now, biographer Ruth Franklin reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the author behind such classics as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Placing Jackson within an American Gothic tradition of Hawthorne and Poe, Franklin demonstrates how her unique contribution to this genre came from her focus on "domestic horror" drawn from an era hostile to women. Based on a wealth of previously undiscovered correspondence and dozens of new interviews, Shirley Jackson, with its exploration of astonishing talent shaped by a damaged childhood and a troubled marriage to literary critic Stanley Hyman, becomes the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary giant." BIOGRAPHY JACKSON
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To capture what we cannot keep by Beatrice ColinA tale set against a backdrop of the late-19th-century construction of the Eiffel Tower follows the romantic relationship between a widow whose precarious financial situation forces her to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges and a bourgeois family businessman who must marry a suitable wife. By the author of The Glimmer Palace. FICTION COLIN
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In the woods by Tana FrenchTwenty years after witnessing the violent disappearances of two companions from their small Dublin suburb, detective Rob Ryan investigates a chillingly similar murder that takes place in the same wooded area, a case that forces him to piece together his traumatic memories. Reprint. FICTION FRENCH
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The moonstone by Wilkie CollinsRachel Verinder mysteriously opposes an investigation of the theft of a sacred Hindu diamond which she inherited from her uncle. MYSTERY COLLINS
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Siracusa by Delia EphronSecrets and relationships unravel for two couples vacationing on coastal Sicily in a tale told from alternating points of view that gradually reveals an affair and a precocious ten-year-old's role in the group's psychological undoing. CD BOOK EPHRON
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Heartburn by Nora EphronCookbook author Rachel Samstat--out of analysis and seven months pregnant--discovers that her husband is into analysis and an affair, and suffers six weeks of intensive heartburn. CD BOOK EPHRON
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The Cuckoo's calling by Robert GalbraithWorking as a private investigator after losing his leg in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike takes the case of a legendary supermodel's suspicious suicide and finds himself in a world of multi-millionaire beauties, rock star boyfriends, desperate designers, and hedonist pursuits. CD BOOK GALBRAITH
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas : Library Edition by John Boyne When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences. TEEN CD BOOK BOYNE
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The story of Arthur Truluv : a novel by Elizabeth BergMaking daily visits to the grave of his beloved late wife, Arthur forges unexpected relationships with a nosy neighbor and a troubled teen who dubs him "Truluv" before the trio discovers healing and family together. By the best-selling author of Open House. FICTION BERG
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine 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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Caroline : Little House, Revisited by Sarah MillerAuthorized by the Little House estate, a retelling of the early pioneering journeys of the Ingalls family is told from the perspective of a pregnant Caroline, who in the frigid winter of 1870 leaves the safety of Wisconsin for a life of hazards and promise in unsettled Kansas Indian Territory. 200,000 first printing. FICTION MILLER
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The Chilbury Ladies' Choir : a novel by Jennifer RyanLetters and journals reveal the struggles, affairs, deceptions and triumphs of five members of a village choir during World War II as they band together to survive the upheavals of war and village intrigue on the English home front. A first novel. FICTION RYAN
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Golden Hill : A Novel of Old New York by Francis SpuffordWhen a mysterious man shows up at the countinghouse in 1746 New York with an order for a huge sum of money, the local colonial merchants can’t decide if they should trust him, befriend him, arrest him or seduce him. FICTION SPUFFORD
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Crime scene : a novel by Jonathan KellermanA latest novel of suspense by the award-winning father-son team finds athletic star-turned-coroner's investigator Clay Edison drawn into a complex case involving a retired psychology professor's death and an old scandal involving the horrific murder of one of the professor's students. MYSTERY KELLERMAN (#1)
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Caraval by Stephanie GarberBelieving that she will never be allowed to participate in the annual Caraval performance when her ruthless father arranges her marriage, Scarlett receives the invitation she has always dreamed of before her sister, Tella, is kidnapped by the show's mastermind organizer. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook. TEEN FICTION GARBER
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