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Fiction A to Z October 2018
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Remembrance
by Mary Monroe
Volunteering at a soup kitchen during the Christmas season to navigate midlife doubts, a family woman finds unexpected comfort in a relationship with a homeless man. By the award-winning author of God Don't Make No Mistakes
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Waiting for Eden : a novel
by Elliot Ackerman
A veteran enduring life trapped in his own mind begins to find a way to communicate before troubling realities about his marriage come to the surface. By a National Book Award finalist.
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The Secrets We Carried
by Mary McNear
Years after a high school tragedy, successful Chicago writer Quinn LaPointe returns home to Butternut Lake to find both old friends and old flames have changed and are harboring secrets. Hardcover Library Edition. By a New York Times best-selling author. 30,000 first printing
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Hippie
by Paulo Coelho
A Brazilian man and a Dutch woman embark on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery as they travel by bus from Amsterdam to Kathmandu against a backdrop of the protests and sexual-liberation experiments of the Civil Rights era. By the best-selling author of The Alchemist
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| The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie FlaggWhat it's about: Founded in 1889, Elmwood Springs, Missouri has flourished over the last 150 years. As has the town cemetery -- everyone buried there quickly "wakes up" to catch up with long-departed friends and family members!
Don't miss: quirky characters, warm humor, and a close-knit community.
Why you might like it: This epic family saga combines historical detail with an intriguing premise and a teasing murder mystery. |
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| Secondhand Souls by Christopher MooreThe set-up: In A Dirty Job, secondhand-shop owner Charlie Asher learned he worked for Death, collecting souls in San Francisco. In Secondhand Souls, those souls are being stolen, and Charlie himself is trapped without a body.
Is it for you? As with anything by Christopher Moore, an appreciation of the absurd, for jokes both clever and rude, and of outsize characters are all necessary to enjoy this irreverent take on life after death. |
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| The Afterlives by Thomas PierceStarring: small-town loan officer Jim Byrd, who was technically dead for five minutes before reviving. He's rather disappointed that nothing profound accompanied the experience.
Why that matters: Seeking answers, Jim turns to investigating ghost sightings, psychic readings, and other potentially supernatural activities that now appear commonplace.
Why you might like it: Numerous plots, a breezy tone, and an accessible tinge of science fiction bring light to that common question -- what happens to us after we die? |
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| The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe premise: For nearly ten years after her violent murder, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches over her family and friends from a kind of interim heaven, observing as they try to come to terms with her death.
Did you know? First published in 2002, this delicate debut novel, which received high praise for its treatment of a difficult subject was a long-running bestseller (and an Oscar-nominated film).
What to read next: The Good Sister by Jamie Kain. Though written for teens, it's another emotionally powerful tale of an untimely death. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books! |
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