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MCPL Staff Picks October 2018
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We were the lucky ones by Georgia HunterThe tale of a large and loving Jewish family torn apart by World War II. Despite somehow avoiding their way into the tragic death camps, they no less suffered deeply, living in fear for themselves and gut-wrenching worry for their loved ones. We Were the Lucky Ones is a fast-paced and touching story of true survivors of the Holocaust.
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Recommended by Elizabeth M.
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Lethal white
by Robert Galbraith
When a troubled young man asks him to investigate a crime he thinks he saw as a child, Cormoran Strike sets off on a twisting trail that leads from London's backstreets, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a country manor house
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Recommended by Samantha D.
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Toil & Trouble : 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Tess SharpeA young adult fiction anthology of 15 stories featuring contemporary, historical, and futuristic stories featuring witchy heroines who are diverse in race, class, sexuality, religion, geography, and era.
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Recommended by Phyllis R.
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The other woman
by Sandie Jones
"The most twisty, addictive and unputdownable debut thriller you'll read this year. HE LOVES YOU: Adam adores Emily. Emily thinks Adam's perfect, the man she thought she'd never meet. BUT SHE LOVES YOU NOT: Lurking in the shadows is a rival, a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves. AND SHE'LL STOP AT NOTHING: Emily chose Adam, but she didn't choose his mother Pammie. There's nothing a mother wouldn't do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever. THE OTHER WOMAN will have you questioning her on every page"
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Recommended by Theresa A.
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Mr. Mercedes : a novel
by Stephen King
Months after a crazed hit-and-run driver kills several attendees at a Midwestern job fair, a depressed retired cop and two unlikely allies join forces to find and stop the killer, who has sent a letter threatening another attack
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Recommended by Kathleen D.
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America for beginners
by Leah Franqui
A widow from India travels to California to learn the truth about what happened to the son who was declared dead shortly after he revealed his sexual orientation to their traditional family. A first novel. 40,000 first printing.
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Pet sematary : a novel
by Stephen King
When a little boy's pet dies, and he persuades his parents to bury it in an old Indian cemetery, reputed by legend to house restless spirits, a nightmare of death and destruction begins
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