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MCPL Staff Picks January 2019
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Recommended By Phyllis R.
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The clockmaker's daughter : a novel
by Kate Morton
More than 150 years after an artist's retreat on the banks of the Upper Thames ends in murder, theft and ruin, a London archivist is drawn by a striking photograph and a sketchbook to discover a manor's secrets. By a New York Times best-selling author
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce
Jolted out of emotional numbness by a letter from an old friend who wants to say goodbye before she dies, Harold Fry embarks on a 600-mile hiking journey to his friend's side without supplies, an endeavor that stirs up memories of his unhappy marital and parenting experiences. 40,000 first printing.
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Recommended By Marlene G.
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The female persuasion by Meg WolitzerA shy college freshman finds her perspectives transformed by a mentor activist at the center of the women's movement who challenges her to discover herself in ways that take her far from the traditional life she envisioned at the side of her boyfriend. By the best-selling author of The Interestings.
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Recommended By Elizabeth M.
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Queenie
by Candice Carty-Williams
Constantly compared to her white middle-class peers, a young Jamaican-British woman in London makes a series of questionable decisions in the aftermath of a messy breakup before challenging herself to figure out who she wants to be. 100,000 first printing.
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Recommended By Theresa A.
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Codename Villanelle
by Luke Jennings
When the world's most skilled assassin murders an influential Russian politician, former MI6 operative Eve Polastri is tasked with finding and capturing her and her accomplices
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It's okay to laugh : (crying is cool, too)
by Nora McInerny Purmort
A woman who strengthened her relationship with the love of her life after he was diagnosed with rare brain cancer—getting engaged to him on his hospital bed, marrying after his first surgery and having a baby while he was chemo—discusses her journey with him during this tough time. 75,000 first printing.
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The other wife
by Michael Robotham
When his father, a celebrated surgeon, is brutally attacked and a strange woman shows up at his bedside covered in blood, Joe O’Loughlin is forced to question everything he has always believed about his father and soon discovers that the truth comes with a high price.
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Recommended By Sara F.
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Surrender, New York : a novel
by Caleb Carr
Living in exile on an upstate New York dairy farm after his unceremonious termination from the NYPD, criminal psychologist Trajan Jones is called back to duty as a consultant for the suspicious death of several abandoned kids who nobody seems to miss
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The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration by Isabel WilkersonIn an epic history covering the period from the end of World War I through the 1970s, a Pulitzer Prize winner chronicles the decades-long migration of African Americans from the South to the North and West through the stories of three individuals and their families. 75,000 first printing.
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One day in December : a novel
by Josie Silver
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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