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A selection of books added to OverDrive over the last month.
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Miss Aluminum : A Memoir
by Susanna Moore
The author of The Life of Objects describes how she used a friend’s trunk of expensive clothing to establish a career in 1963 Hollywood before embarking on a determined effort to uncover the truth about her mother’s death. Illustrations. Tour.
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Why we swim by Bonnie TsuiSharing stories of Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club, and modern-day Japanese samurai swimmers, a New York Times contributor investigates what about water—despite its dangers—draws us to it time and time again. 30,000 first printing.
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The ten thousand doors of January
by Alix E. Harrow
A woman navigating the out-of-place artifacts in her caretaker’s sprawling early 20th-century mansion discovers a mysterious book that reveals impossible truths about the world and her own past. 75,000 first printing.
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Afterlife : A Novel
by Julia Alvarez
Reeling from her beloved husband’s sudden death in the wake of her retirement, an immigrant writer is further derailed by the reappearance of her unstable sister and an entreaty for help by a pregnant undocumented teen. 100,000 first printing.
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Untamed
by Glennon Doyle
An activist, speaker and philanthropist offers a memoir wrapped in a wake-up call that reveals how women can reclaim their true, untamed selves by breaking free of the restrictive expectations and cultural conditioning that leaves them feeling dissatisfied and lost. Illustrations.
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The lost family : how DNA testing is upending who we are
by Libby Copeland
A journalist investigates the business practices of companies like Ancestry and 23andMe and explores the stories of individuals who participated in home genetic testing and had their lives turned upside down by the results. 20,000 first printing.
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Girl Gone Viral
by Alisha Rai
A live-tweet event goes viral for a camera-shy ex-model, shoving her into the spotlight—and into the arms of the bodyguard she’d been pining for. By the author of The Right Swipe. Hardcover Library Edition. 30,000 first printing
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Lean on me
by Pat Simmons
When her well-ordered life is upended by the caregiving needs of her Alzheimer’s patient aunt, Tabitha clashes with a neighbor, Marcus, a man of faith who hires former inmates to staff his family’s cleaning business. Original.
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The talented Mr. Varg
by Alexander McCall Smith
A sequel to The Department of Sensitive Crimes finds detective Ulf Varg and his team investigating a playboy whose blackmailing case is complicated by Ulf’s brother’s questionable politics. By the author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
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