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Adult Services Staff Picks August 2022 |
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Akin
by Emma Donoghue
Recommended by: Brandee
A retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets.
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
by Hank Green
Recommended by: Lori
The first to document the appearance of the Carls, giant robot-like statues popping up around the world, April May finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight that puts her relationships, identity and safety at risk.
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Every Summer After
by Carley Fortune
Recommended by: Claire
Persephone, a magazine writer, returns to her lake hometown for a funeral and lands straight in the orbit of her ex- best friend and lover, Sam, and must reconcile the choices she made since their breakup. Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic look at love and the people and choices that mark us forever.
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The Measure
by Nikki Erlick
Recommended by: Joanna
When every person, all over the globe, receives a small wooden box bearing the same inscription and a single piece of string inside, the world is thrown into a collective frenzy, in this novel told through multiple perspectives that introduces an unforgettable cast of characters.
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Recommended by: Larry
Realizing that her beautiful, beloved younger sister has murdered yet another boyfriend, an embittered Nigerian woman works to direct suspicion away from the family, until a handsome doctor she fancies asks for her sister's number.
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The Overstory
by Richard Powers
Recommended by: Sarah V.
An impassioned novel of activism and natural-world power that is comprised of interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways by trees for an ultimate, brutal stand to save the continent's few remaining acres of virgin forest.
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This Must Be the Place
by Maggie O'Farrell
Recommended by: Cathy
Recovering from an ugly divorce and custody battle by marrying a reclusive actress living in a rural village in Ireland, Daniel Sullivan is threatened by a secret from his past in a story told through his voice and the perspectives of those who have influenced his life.
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Vacationland
by Meg Mitchell Moore
Recommended by: Laura
From the author of 'Two Truths and a Lie' and 'The Islanders,' a delicious summer read set in midcoast Maine tackling family secrets, marriage, motherhood, and privilege.
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Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks
Recommended by: Sarah R.
A compelling look at the evolution of farming from a deeply personal perspective, and some of the best nature writing I've read in a long time.
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