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What's New @ the Library February 18 through February 23, 2019
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Golden child : a novel
by Claire Adam
Working exhausting hours in their rural Trinidad home, the family of a petroleum-plant worker is shattered by the disappearance of a troubled twin son whose fate forces his father to make a devastating choice. A first novel.
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That Churchill woman : a novel
by Stephanie Barron
A tale inspired by the life of Winston Churchill's scandal-marked American mother follows the experiences of a wealthy and fiercely independent New Yorker whose whirlwind romance with a duke's son sweeps her disruptively into British royalty and politics.
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American pop : a novel
by Snowden Wright
A blend of fact and fiction, the mundane and mythical, follows the Forsters, founders of the world’s first major soft-drink company, through more than a century of American cultural history. 100,000 first printing.
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The curse of Misty Wayfair
by Jaime Jo Wright
A century apart, two women, Thea Reed and Heidi Lane, seek information about their mothers and are led to a Wisconsin mental asylum and the legend of Misty Wayfair, a murdered woman whose presence is said to be a portent of death
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Milk of paradise : a history of opium
by Lucy Inglis
The creator of the award-winning Georgian London blog presents an authoritative history of opium that explores its many uses and controversies, covering subjects ranging from the heroin underworld to the development of synthetic opiates.
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Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive
by Stephanie Land
An economic-hardship journalist describes the years she worked in low-pay domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them. 75,000 first printing.
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The master plan : my journey from life in prison to a life of purpose
by Chris Wilson
Detailing the violent youth that led to his imprisonment at the age of 18, a successful social entrepreneur describes how he dedicated himself to self-improvement and the eventual establishment of a company that gives second chances to people with criminal records.
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