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Spoonbenders : A Novel by Daryl GregoryA generations-spanning family of psychics, blessed and burdened by their abilities, is challenged to use their powers collectively to save themselves from the CIA, the local mafia and a skeptic bent on discrediting them. By the author of The Devil's Alphabet.
Post Road Library Wednesday, January 10 10:15 a.m.
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What We Lose : A Novel by Zinzi ClemmonsRaised in America, the multiracial daughter of a mother from Johannesburg struggles with her mother's terminal cancer and her own need to find love and a place to belong, quests shaped by losses, changes in her sense of identity and unexpected motherhood. Post Road Library Wednesday, February 14 10:15 a.m.
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The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie WisemanAfter being sold to a circus sideshow in 1931, Lilly Blackwood carves out a life for herself as best she can—until tragedy and cruelty collide—and, two decades later, it is up to Julia Blackwood to discover the truth about this older sister that she never knew she had. Post Road Library Wednesday, March 14 10:15 a.m.
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The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi WaxmanRendered a single mom after her husband's fatal car accident, textbook illustrator Lillian recruits her young daughters and supportive sister to help her do research for a boutique vegetable guide at the Los Angeles Botanical Garden, where a patient instructor and quirky gardeners help her grieve and find healing. Post Road Library Wednesday, April 11 10:15 a.m.
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Sourdough : A Novel by Robin SloanEnduring a virtually solitary existence working for an ambitious software company, an exhausted coder is bequeathed a sourdough recipe from sibling bakers who are forced to close their shop, a gift that leads to a new vocation, a legal dispute and a venture into a secret market that fuses food with technology. By the author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. Post Road LibraryWednesday, May 9 10:15 a.m.
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The Misfortune of Marion Palm : A Novel by Emily CullitonEmbezzling a small fortune from her daughters' private school to finance personal luxuries, Marion goes on the lam when her activities are exposed by a school audit, in a story also told from the points of view of her baffled husband and heartsick daughters. Post Road Library Wednesday, June 13 10:15 a.m.
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The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan RiversA tale inspired by a true story follows the efforts of a Civil War veteran to discern the truth about his teen bride, who during the two years he was at war was convicted and imprisoned for allegedly having a baby in his absence and killing it. Post Road Library Wednesday, July 11 10:15 a.m.
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