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Many of the visitors to the Crest Hill Branch will regularly stop at the Circulation Desk to talk with Rose about books. Rose is a passionate advocate for library resources, and the books she recommends are quick to fly off the shelves! This monthly newsletter will showcase the books that Rose has read and thinks you should read, too. Each description starts with an annotation from NoveList*. You can click on any title to be taken directly to the Pinnacle Catalog where you can place a hold. * NoveList is an amazing resource your library provides for you free of charge. NoveList provides recommended reads, book discussion guides, and author read-a-likes for fiction and nonfiction titles for adults and teens.
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Rose has described each of this month's recommendations as "excellent reads"!
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The Widow's War
by Sally Gunning
When Lyddie Berry's husband is lost in a whaling disaster, she becomes the dependent of her nearest male relative, her ruthless son-in-law, who tries to take everything she and her husband had worked for, but as Lyddie's social and legal defiance separate her from friends and family she discovers a deeper sense of self and a potential new love. Readers' Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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A Reliable Wife : A Novel
by Robert Goolrick
Ralph Truitt, a wealthy businessman with a troubled past who lives in a remote nineteenth-century Wisconsin town, has advertised for a reliable wife; and his ad is answered by Catherine Land, a woman who makes every effort to hide her own dark secrets
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Wench : A Novel
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Slave mistresses Lizzie, Reenie and Sweet travel to a resort in Ohio each year with their white masters, until Mawu shows up and encourages the three others to escape, forcing them to choose between freedom and leaving their friends and families--and the emotional and psychological ties that bind them to their masters. A first novel. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.
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Though Waters Roar : A Novel
by Lynn N. Austin
Following in her beloved grandmother's footsteps to fight for social justice, Harriet Sherwood lands herself in jail, and while she languishes in a cell, Harriet sifts through the memories of the three generations of women who have preceded her. By the Christy Award-winning author of Hidden Places. Simultaneous.
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Pearl of China : A Novel
by Anchee Min
A novel based on the life of novelist Pearl S. Buck follows her as she grows up in late-19th-century China, the daughter of Christian missionaries; befriends Willow, a Chinese peasant girl; and with Willow shares life's joys and sorrows, despite the Communist revolution, which tests the bonds of their friendship. By the author of Red Azalea.
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