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The Invisible Husband of Frick Island
by Colleen Oakley
Arriving on Frick Island, a young ambitious journalist stumbles upon a fascinating story— an entire town pretending to see and interact with a man who does not exist— and upends lives of this eccentric community as he tries to make a name for himself.
Available on Libby.
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The Giver of Stars
by Jojo Moyes
Volunteering for Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library in small-town Kentucky, an English bride joins a group of independent women whose commitment to their job transforms the community and their relationships.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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The Last Chance Library
by Freya Sampson
When her library is threatened with closure, June Hones, to save the place and the books that mean so much to her, must make some changes to her solitary life by opening her heart to the world around her and fighting for what she believes in.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles
In June of 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson, released after serving fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter, discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car and have hatched a different plan for Emmett's future.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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The Patron Saint of Second Chances
by Christine Simon
To fix the towns pipes, vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor Signor Speranza must come up with 70,000 euros, and, to boost revenue, spreads a harmless rumor about a famous actor who will be filming his new movie nearby, which spins wildly out of control.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger
Fleeing the Depression-era school for Native American children who have been taken from their parents, four orphans share a life-changing journey marked by struggling farmers, faith healers, and lost souls.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby and Hoopla.
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The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan
Collecting things dropped or left behind by others and writing stories about them as a tribute to the fiancée who died the day he lost one of her keepsakes, a man bequeaths his estate to his unsuspecting assistant, who bonds with new neighbors while attempting to reunite the objects with their owners.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby and Hoopla.
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Last Bus to Wisdom
by Ivan Doig
Rejected by his domineering great aunt during the summer of 1951, eleven-year-old Donal travels back to his ailing grandmother's home accompanied by his German great uncle while experiencing haphazard adventures along the way.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby and Hoopla.
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The Bookshop of Yesterdays
by Amy Meyerson
When Miranda Brooks receives the unexpected news that her uncle Billy has died and left her his bookstore, she discovers he's left her a business teetering on bankruptcy and a final scavenger hunt.
Available on Libby and Hoopla.
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Hemingway's Girl
by Erika Robuck
Mariella Bennet, struggling to support her family in Depression-era Key West, takes a job as a maid for Ernest Hemingway's second wife, and becomes caught up in a tempting, dangerous world of lavish parties, celebrities and the attentions of Papa himself.
Physical copy available. Also available on Hoopla.
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If We're Being Honest
by Cat Shook
The Williams family returns to Eulalia, Georgia, for the funeral of their beloved patriarch. When a secret is revealed during the eulogy, the family is left reeling: If their grandparents perfect marriage was anything but, what hope do they have of finding love?
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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The Hideaway
by Lauren K. Denton
After her grandmother's death, Sara Jenkins discovers she's been left her run-down B&B in Alabama and tasked with renovating it and uncovers a box in the attic that reveals a mysterious side of her grandmother's life that ultimately impacted her own destiny.
Available on Libby.
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Things to Do When It's Raining
by Marissa Stapley
When Mae returns to her hometown, she finds her grandmother struggling with dementia, separated from her grandfather due to a terrible secret, and Gabe, her childhood best friend and first love, working through a trauma that haunts him.
Physical copy available. Also available on Hoopla.
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Nowhere but Home
by Liza Palmer
After being fired from her job, Queenie Wake returns home to North Star to cook meals for death row inmates and, hoping that the bad memories of her late mother and promiscuous sister have been forgotten, discovers that some people are harder to forget than others.
Physical copy available. Also available on Hoopla.
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The Prayer Box
by Lisa Wingate
Charged with cleaning out her deceased landlord's old Victorian house after her passing, Tandi Jo Reese has her whole life changed when she discovers Iola's 81 prayer boxes filled with a lifetime of hopes, wishes, fears, observations and more.
Available on Libby.
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Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby and Hoopla.
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The Blue Moon Circus
by Michael Raleigh
In 1926, with money running out and a broken-down big top, Lewis Tully, the aging owner of a run-down circus, and his oddball assortment of circus performers, head west for one final tour, accompanied by Charlie, a nine-year-old orphan left in his care.
Available on Hoopla.
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The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton
by Eleanor Ray
A collector of objects, Amy Ashton, who believes it's easier to love things than people, finds her solitary existence interrupted when a new family moves in next door with two young boys— one of whom has a collection of his own.
Available on Hoopla.
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A Little Ray of Sunshine
by Kristan Higgins
A Cape Cod bookstore owner has her life upended when the teenage son she put up for adoption seventeen years earlier walks into the store, in the new novel by the author of Out of the Clear Blue Sky.
Waitlist - place holds on physical copy or on Libby now.
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Prospect Heights Public Library District
12 N. Elm St.
Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070
847-259-3500
www.phpl.info
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