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Adult/YA Staff Digital Favorites Week of July 6
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One day in December : a novel
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Josie Silver
Taking place over 10 consecutive Christmases, tells the story of Jack and Laurie, who meet at a bus stop and continue to circle each other's lives seemingly fated to be together, except not actually managing it, for a decade.
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Rosario recommends en español
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Jaws
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Peter Benchley
When three people are killed by a great white shark in three different incidents, the police chief of a Long Island resort town is forced to take action.
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The mothers : a novel
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Brit Bennett
In a contemporary black community, seventeen-year-old Nadia Turner mourns the suicide of her mother, leading her to take up with the local pastor's son, but the resulting pregnancy and the subsequent cover-up will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth.
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The pale king : an unfinished novel
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David Foster Wallace
The character David Foster Wallace is introduced to the banal world of the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, and the host of strange people who work there, in a novel that was unfinished at the time of the author's death. By the author of Infinite Jest.
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Available on Overdrive and eReadIllinois
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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
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David Grann
Presents a true account of the early 20th-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. A New York Times best-seller and National Book Award finalist.
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Available on Overdrive and eReadIllinois
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Frangipani : a novel
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Célestine Hitiura Vaite
Revered as one of Tahiti's wisest women, Materena Mahi, a professional cleaner, finds her resolve challenged by her young daughter, who questions her at every turn and resists Materena's efforts to mold her into an ideal young woman, in a tale peppered with traditional folk wisdom.
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