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Pearland Picks November 2017
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The Book that Matters Most by Ann HoodJoining a reading group in the wake of a failed marriage, Ava rediscovers a mysterious book from her childhood that helped her through past difficulties, while her troubled daughter, Maggie, descends into a destructive relationship with an older man in Paris. Reading-group guide available. By the author of The Obituary Writer and The Knitting Circle. Bookworms Book Club Monday, November 6, 6:30 PM
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The Book Thiefby Markus ZusakLiving with a foster family in Germany during World War II, a young girl struggles to survive her day-to-day trials through stealing anything she can get her hands on, but when she discovers the beauty of literature, she realizes that she has been blessed with a gift that must be shared with others, including the Jewish man hiding in the basement. Teen Book Club Monday, November 13, 12 PM
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Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly PrentissAn evocative, synesthetic art critic and an exiled Argentinian painter on the run from his country's violence are brought together by respective tragedies, a small-town beauty and a mysterious orphan boy who helps them rediscover what they have lost. A first novel. Novel Discussions Book Club Monday, November 20, 6:30 PM
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Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Troutsby Esta SpaldingLiving in a car on a lush tropical island where they subsist on fish and fruit and drive wherever they need to go, four semi-related kids fend for themselves while searching for a permanent home. A first middle-grade novel. Tween Book Club Monday, November 27, 12 PM
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How to Behave in a Crowd : A Novel
by Camille Bordas
A misfit youngest child in a large French family of overachievers makes quiet observations about his world and becomes the only family member brave enough to help the others through their grief in the wake of a devastating tragedy.
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We Were Strangers Once : A Novel
by Betsy Carter
Escaping Germany on the eve of World War II, a successful Jewish doctor and son of two famous naturalists finds himself in a tight-knit group of fellow immigrants in Manhattan who share the stories of respective degradations and triumphs. By the author of Swim to Me. 25,000 first printing.
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What the Dead Leave Behind
by Rosemary Simpson
When her beloved fiancé is found dead after the Great Blizzard of 1888 in New York City, heiress Prudence MacKenzie, suspecting foul play, turns to her fiancé's best friend, a former Pinkerton agent, to discover the truth and find protection from sinister forces. By the author of Dreams and Shadows.
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Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
Fighting an ugly custody battle with an artistic tenant who has little regard for the strict rules of their progressive Cleveland suburb, a straitlaced family woman who is seeking to adopt a baby becomes obsessed with exposing the tenant's past, only to trigger devastating consequences for both of their families.
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Swimming with Bridgeport Girls : A Novel
by Anthony Tambakis
Fired from his ESPN job after one too many public humiliations, a charismatic gambler reevaluates his circumstances while outmaneuvering the police and a murderous bookie, only to receive an unexpected inheritance that triggers his effort to win back his ex in accordance with a misremembered ending of The Great Gatsby. A first novel.
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Standard Deviation : A Novel
by Katherine Heiny
"The celebrated author of Single, Carefree, Mellow, returns with her debut novel--a rueful, funny examination of love, marriage, infidelity, and origami. Divorcing his wife to marry his girlfriend, Audra, is the one impulsive thing Graham Cavanaugh has ever done. Audra is charming and spontaneous and fun, but life with her can be exhausting, constantly interrupted by phone calls, burdened by houseguests, and populated by old men with backpacks full of origami paper. As Graham and Audra struggle to define their marriage and raise a child with Asperger's, they decide to establish a friendship with his first wife, Elspeth. But former spouses are hard to categorize--are they friends, enemies, old flames, or just people who know you really, really well? Graham starts to wonder: How can anyone love two such different women? Did he make the right choice? Is there a right choice? A novel as poignant as it is hilarious, Standard Deviation never deviates from superb"
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The Sleep Solution : Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It
by W. Chris Winter
Draws on cutting-edge sleep science and time-tested techniques in a guide to understanding what contributes to sleep problems and how to minimize medication dependency, sharing coverage of subjects ranging from insomnia and sleep apnea to restless leg syndrome and circadian sleep disorders.
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The Most Important Year : Pre-Kindergarten and the Future of Our Children
by Suzanne M Bouffard
A revelatory assessment of America's pre-kindergarten system draws on cutting-edge research in early childhood education to argue that quality pre-K programs have proven long-term benefits, citing examples of the most effective programs while sharing the stories of schools and families who have struggled to find a system that works well.
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Bones : Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream
by Joe Tone
Tells the true story of two brothers who lived on opposite sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and took their lives in different directions but eventually wound up together using horse racing to launder money made from the drug trade
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The Far Away Brothers : Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life
by Lauren Markham
An urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration follows the harrowing journey of a pair of teenaged twins from El Salvador who were forced by gang violence to see safety and a better life in the United States, an endeavor marked by family estrangement, a mounting coyote debt and America's complicated immigration policies.
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