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Books in the National Media April 2019
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The editor : a novel by Steven RowleyA struggling writer in 1990s New York City gets his big break from none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. By the author of Lily and the Octopus. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 5/12
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My lovely wife by Samantha DowningA seemingly typical suburban husband discloses the secret ways that his wife of 15 years and he keep their marriage alive and chase away domestic boredom by orchestrating creative ways to get away with murder. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 5/12
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Flowers over the inferno by Ilaria Tuti"Ilaria Tuti's thriller debut explores a remote community in northern Italy--a place of secrets, eerie folktales, and primal instincts. In a quiet village surrounded by ancient woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a man is found naked with his eyes gouged out. It is the first in a string of gruesome murders. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a detective with a background in criminal profiling, is called to investigate. Battaglia is in her mid-sixties, her rank and expertise hard-won from decades of battling for respect in the male-dominated Italian police force. While she's not sure she trusts the young city inspector assigned to assist her, she sees right away that this is no ordinary case: buried deep in these mountains are whispers of a dark and dangerous history, possibly tied to a group of eight-year-old children toward whom the killer seems to gravitate. As Teresa inches closer to the truth, she must also confront the possibility that her body and mind, worn down by age and illness, may fail her before the chase is over" Featured on NPR Book Reviews, April 21
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Sing to it : New Stories by Amy HempelFinely tuned and brilliantly written, a heartbreaking new collection of 15 stories introduces characters, lonely and adrift, searching for connection. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 5/12
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Machines like me : a novel by Ian McEwanThe National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Atonement presents the story of two lovers in an alternative 1980s London who construct a perfect synthetic human before finding themselves in a morally complex love triangle. Featured on NPR Book Reviews, April 23
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When we left Cuba by Chanel CleetonRecruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro's inner circle, Beatriz Perez, who is consumed with revenge and the desire to reclaim the life she lost in the Cuban Revolution, will risk everything--including the man who has stolen her heart. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 19/26
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The mother-in-law by Sally HepworthA woman's obsessive fears about how much she disappoints her successful, pillar-of-the-community mother-in-law lead to a controversial disinheritance and a suspicious suicide. By the best-selling author of The Family Next Door. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 19/26
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Women talking by Miriam ToewsAfter learning the men in the community have been drugging and attacking more than a hundred women, eight Mennonite women meet in secret to decide whether they should escape to a place outside the colony or stay in the only world they've ever known. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 5/12
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There's a word for that by Sloane TanenA wildly flawed family comes together—in rehab, of all places—even as each member is on the verge of falling apart. By the New York Times best-selling author of Bitter With Baggage Seeks Same. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 5/12
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Miracle Creek by Angie KimA dramatic murder trial in the aftermath of an experimental medical treatment and a fatal explosion upends a rural Virginia community where personal secrets and private ambitions complicate efforts to uncover what happened. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 19/26
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Normal people : a novel by Sally RooneyThe unconventional secret childhood bond between a popular boy and a lonely, intensely private girl is tested by character reversals in their first year at a Dublin college that render one introspective and the other social, but self-destructive. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 19/26
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Trust exercise : a novel by Susan ChoiFalling in love while attending a competitive 1980s performing arts high school, David and Sarah rise through the ranks before the realities of their family dynamics and economic statuses trigger a spiral that impacts their adult lives. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 19/26
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The Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa RiveroFleeing the economic and political strife of 1990s Peru, undocumented factory worker Ana struggles to support her family while fending off the challenges of discrimination, sexual harassment and a loan shark's criminal enforcers. A first novel. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 5/12
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Long live the tribe of fatherless girls : a memoir by T Kira MaddenAn acclaimed literary essayist presents this raw and redemptive debut memoir about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager in Boca Raton, Florida, where she, the only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, found loving friendships with fatherless girls. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 5/12
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Featured on Rachel Ray Show, April 9
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Nanaville : Adventures in Grandparenting by Anna QuindlenThe Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and best-selling author of Object Lessons and the memoir, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, presents a heartwarming ode to grandparenthood that celebrates her transitioning family roles and her bonds with her grandchildren. Featured on NPR Book Review, April 24
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Featured on NBC Today Show, April 1
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K : a history of baseball in ten pitches by Tyler KepnerA history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching draws on years of archival research and interviews with more than 300 star athletes to reveal the colorful stories and folklore behind 10 major pitches. Illustrations. Featured on NPR's Fresh Air, April 18
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The second mountain : the quest for a moral life by David BrooksThe best-selling author of The Road to Character presents a thought-provoking exploration of the qualities of a meaningful life, drawing on inspirational examples to offer advice about personal philosophies, a vocation, faith, relationships and community life. Featured on CBS This Morning, April 15
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Featured on NPR Book Reviews, April 23
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Southern Lady Code : essays by Helen EllisThe best-selling author of American Housewife presents a riotous collection of essays on the art of living as a "Southern Lady" that explores subjects ranging from marriage and manners to women's health and entertaining. Featured on NPR Book Review, April 17
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A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII by Sonia Purnell"The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." This spy was VirginiaHall, a young American woman--rejected from the foreign service because of her gender and her prosthetic leg--who talked her way into the spy organization dubbed Churchill's "ministry of ungentlemanly warfare," and, before the United States had even entered the war, became the first woman to deploy to occupied France. Virginia Hall was one of the greatest spies in American history, yet her story remains untold. Just as she did in Clementine, Sonia Purnell uncovers the captivating story of a powerful, influential, yet shockingly overlooked heroine of the Second World War. At a time when sending female secret agents into enemy territory was still strictly forbidden, Virginia Hall came to be known as the "Madonna of the Resistance," coordinating a network of spies to blow up bridges, report on German troop movements, arrange equipment drops for Resistance agents, and recruit and train guerilla fighters. Even as her face covered WANTED posters throughout Europe, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate. She finally escaped with her life in a grueling hike over the Pyrenees into Spain, her cover blown, and her associates all imprisoned or executed. But, adamant that she had "more lives to save," she dove back in as soon as she could, organizing forces to sabotage enemy lines and back up Allied forces landing on Normandy beaches. Told with Purnell's signature insight and novelistic panache, A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war". Featured on NPR's Morning Edition, April 18
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Featured on Today Show, April 19
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Featured on NPR Book Reviews, April 19
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Featured on Late Show, April 17
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Following the advice of family member Michael Pollan --"eat food, not too much, mostly plants"--this book offers an approach to eating which doesn't give up meat entirely but builds a diet that shifts the ratio from animals to plants, creating delicious and nutritious meals sure to appeal to everyone. Featured on Good Morning America, April 16
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The path made clear : discovering you life's direction and purpose by Oprah WinfreyThe award-winning global media leader and philanthropist offers a guide for identifying one's purpose and creating a framework for a life that is both successful and meaningful, sharing inspirational quotes by some of today's most influential cultural figures. Featured on The Daily Show, April 15
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Featured in Entertainment Weekly, April 19/26
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Featured on NPR Book Review, April 17
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