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MCPL Staff Picks September/October 2019
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Little fires everywhere
by Celeste Ng
When a custody battle divides her placid town, straitlaced family woman Elena Richardson finds herself pitted against her enigmatic tenant and becomes obsessed with exposing her past, only to trigger devastating consequences for both families
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Before I go to sleep : a novel
by S. J. Watson
Christine, whose memory is damaged by a long-ago accident, is treated by a neurologist who helps her to remember her former self through journal entries until inconsistencies begin to emerge, raising disturbing questions
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Recommended By Elizabeth M.
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Don't you forget about me : a novel
by Mhairi McFarlane
Fired and dumped on the same night, Georgina takes a new job before realizing that her boss is her first love, and does not recognize her. By the best-selling author of You Had Me at Hello. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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Finding Dorothy : a novel
by Elizabeth Letts
Reimagines the story behind the creation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the perspective of L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, whose hardscrabble life on the Dakota prairie inspires her husband's masterpiece and her advocacy of an exploited Judy Garland. Simultaneous
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A Long Island story
by R. A Gekoski
In 1952, as a heat wave sweeps across America, the seemingly perfect Grossmans move from Washington, D.C., to Long Island, where they wonder if they were meant for something more and whether their marriage—and family—is worth fighting for.
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On Hallowed Ground : The Story of Arlington National Cemetery
by Robert M. Poole
Documents the founding of the monument cemetery on the former family plantation of Robert E. Lee, revealing how the site once intended for the burials of indigent soldiers became a national resting place of honor throughout the subsequent century.
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Things you save in a fire
by Katherine Center
When a family emergency compels her move from Texas to Boston, a skilled firefighter becomes the only woman in her new firehouse and navigates discrimination, low funding and her private edicts about falling in love with another firefighter. By the New York Times best-selling author of How to Walk Away.
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Recommended By Theresa A.
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Toil & trouble
by Augusten Burroughs
The best-selling author of Running with Scissors documents his lifelong capacity for causing impossible manifestations, exploring his mother’s revelations about their witch ancestry and his efforts to understand himself and his powers. Read by the author, Gabra Zackman and Robin Miles. Simultaneous.
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Serpent & Dove
by Shelby Mahurin
A first entry in a fantasy duology, set in a world where witches are burned at the stake, finds a young witch forced into marriage with a church huntsman, a situation that is further complicated by their growing feelings for each other. A first novel. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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