What's New @ the Library
Week of January 10 through January 15, 2022
Fiction
All the queen's men : a novel
by S. J. Bennett

"Amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II is back in this hugely entertaining follow-up to The Windsor Knot, in which Her Majesty must determine how a missing painting is connected to the shocking death of a staff member inside Buckingham Palace"
Tenderness
by Alison MacLeod

A Booker Prize-longlisted author brilliantly recreates the origins of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and boldly reimagines its journey to freedom through the story of Jackie Kennedy, who was known to be an admirer. 50,000 first printing.
Wish you were here : a novel
by Jodi Picoult

With everything perfectly on track, Diana O’Toole finds things going off the rails when she is quarantined during her dream vacation in the Galapagos due to a virus, forcing her to reevaluate herself and her life when she makes a connection with a local family.
Dava Shastri's last day : a novel
by Kirthana Ramisetti

After receiving a brain cancer diagnosis at 70, one of the world’s richest women tells her children that she wants to announce her death early so that she can read her obituaries, which ultimately reveal devastating secrets. 60,000 first printing.
Non-Fiction
Mothers, fathers, and others : essays
by Siri Hustvedt

In this new essay collection, in which feminist philosophy meets family memoir, the novelist and scholar moves effortlessly between stories of her mother, grandmother and daughter to connect mothers to the broader meanings of maternity in a culture shaped by misogyny and fantasies of paternal authority. 30,000 first printing.
White hot hate : a true story of domestic terrorism in America's heartland
by Dick Lehr

Tells the gripping true story of an averted case of domestic terrorism in one of the most remote towns in the US where a militia group plotted to bomb a mosque, aiming to kill hundreds and inspire other attacks against Muslims across America. 25,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Saving grace : How to Coexist With People Who Drive You Nuts
by Kirsten Powers

A CNN senior political analyst offers this thought-provoking book in which she provides a template for a different kind of America, one where we can engage with people who hold opposing views without sacrificing our values or our passionate beliefs in the causes we care about.
1000 years of joys and sorrows
by Weiwei Ai

One of the world’s most famous artists and activists presents a personal memoir and a history of the last 100 years of China, while shedding light on his own artistic process. Illustrations.