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Adult Services Staff Picks August 2021 |
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We Have Always Been Here
by Lena Nguyen
Recommended by: Rachel
As the behavioral psychologist onboard a survey ship headed to a planet ripe for colonization, Dr. Grace Park must determine the origin of a strange phenomenon that is causing the crew to suffer mental breaks without losing her own mind in the process.
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Vacationland : True Stories from Painful Beaches
by John Hodgman
Recommended by: Sarah V.
Presents a memoir of the author's cursed travels through the woods of Massachusetts and coastal Maine, describing his midlife transformation from an idealistic youth to an eccentric family man.
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The Five Wounds
by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Recommended by: Laura
A first novel by the award-winning author of Night at the Fiestas finds a man accepting the role of Jesus in his New Mexico community’s Good Friday procession, before his personal goals of redemption are challenged by a daughter’s pregnancy.
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Blackout
by Dhonielle Clayton
Recommended by: Brandee
Six critically acclaimed, best-selling and award-winning authors celebrate Black teen love in this interlinked novel of heartwarming and hilarious stories that shine a bright light through the dark.
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The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
by Marianne Cronin
Recommended by: Sarah R.
Determined to leave a mark on the world even though they are in the hospital and their days are dwindling, unlikely friends, 17-year-old Lenni and 83-year-old Margot, devise a plan to create 100 paintings showcasing the stories of the century they have lived.
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