|
|
The Winners
by Fredrik Backman
As simmering tensions between the towns of Beartown and Hed turn into acts of intimidation and then violence, a 14-year-old boy, increasingly alienated from this hockey-obsessed community, puts in motion a plan to avenge his beloved sisters death that will leave Beartown with an unimaginable loss.
Generously donated by the MBC Book Club.
|
|
|
Hester : a novel
by Laurie Lico Albanese
Arriving in Salem from Scotland in the early 1800s, Isobel, left penniless and alone by her husband in a strange country, is instantly drawn to Nathaniel Hawthorne, and as they grow closer and closer, they are a muse and a dark storyteller, the enchanter and the enchanted..
|
|
|
We're Not Broken : changing the autism conversation
by Eric Garcia
"This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the road signs are written in another language"
|
|
|
A Ballad of Love and Glory
by Reyna Grande
Widowed by the Texas Rangers in the fight over the disputed Rio Grande boundary, a Mexican woman, skilled at healing, joins the Mexican army and falls in love with a Yankee deserter.
|
|
|
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
by Beth Hoffman
Relegated to the care of an eccentric great-aunt after her mentally unbalanced mother's accidental death, 12-year-old CeeCee is quickly surrounded by the strong women and cultural elements of her new Savannah community.
|
|
|
The Lager Queen of Minnesota
by J. Ryan Stradal
A talented baker running a business out of her nursing home reconnects with her master brewer sister at the same time that her pregnant granddaughter launches an IPA brewpub.
|
|
|
The Fortunes of Jaded Women
by Carolyn Huynh
With her and her sisters cursed never to find love and happiness, Mai Nguyen, at a crossroads in her life, seeks guidance from her trusted psychic in Hawaii whose unexpected prophecy brings together her entire estranged family--for better or for worse.
|
|
|
Early Morning Riser
by Katherine Heiny
A wise, bighearted, boundlessly joyful novel of love, disaster, and unconventional family.
|
|
|
Miss Benson's Beetle
by Rachel Joyce
Leaving London behind, Margery Benson, a schoolmarm and spinster in 1950, embarks on a quest to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession – the golden beetle of New Caledonia – with the help of a fun-loving assistant who changes her life forever.
|
|
|
|
|
|