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MCPL Staff Picks June 2018
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Recommended by Jeanette L.
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The detective's assistant by Kate HanniganIn 1859, Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, a female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, and helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln and the mystery of what happened to Nell's own father.
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The gift of fear : survival signals that protect us from violence by Gavin De BeckerA personal security expert and behavioral consultant discusses the dangerous situations individuals may face, explains how to use the power of intuition to identify and avoid danger, and shares advice on restraining orders, self-defense tactics, and more.
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Recommended by Samantha D.
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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiComing of age in a land where her magi mother was killed by the zealous king's guards along with other former wielders of magic, Zélie embarks on a journey alongside her brother and a fugitive princess to restore her people's magical abilities. A first novel.
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Still Life
by Joy Fielding
Her body shattered by a devastating car accident, Casey lies in a hospital bed able to hear but not communicate and quickly discovers that the people nearest to her are not who she thought them to be, that her accident may have been a setup, and that her life may be in greater danger if she recovers.
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Midnight at the Bright Ideas bookstore : a novel by Matthew SullivanLydia Smith, a clerk at the Bright Ideas bookstore, must unravel a puzzle left behind by a patron who has committed suicide, an effort that is complicated by memories of her violent childhood.
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Sal by Mick KitsonAfter prepping for a year, Sal and her younger sister runaway from a terrible home life to go survive in the Scottish Highlands. The back stories of the characters are so enthralling making this an easy book to devour in one sitting.
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Fun home : a family tragicomic by Alison BechdelThis graphic memoir, which inspired the Broadway musical, is an autobiographical examination of the author's strained relationship with her father, who died when she was 20 in a possible suicide--several passages hash out the possibilities. Bechdel’s awakening as a lesbian coincides with her closeted father’s affairs with other men, which debilitate his marriage and the Bechdel family's stability. Their orientations and affinities for literature create tentative bonds between them, but his death brings Alison neither grief nor clarity. Still, this memoir attempts to connect the stray threads of their interactions in search of something whole.
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The house of silence by Blanca BusquetsIn the tradition of Elena Ferrante--a breathtaking European novel of love, loss, and the mysterious connection between four people, a valuable violin, and their passion for music.
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