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Up Lit: Feel-good fiction with some bumps along the way May 2020
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Dear Mrs. Bird : a novel
by A. J . Pearce
"London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort, volunteering as a telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When Emmy sees an advertisement for a job at the London Evening Chronicle, her dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent suddenly seem achievable. But the job turns out to be working as a typist for the fierce and renowned advice columnist, Henrietta Bird. Emmy is disappointed, but gamely bucks up and buckles down. Mrs. Bird is very clear: letters containing any Unpleasantness must go straight in the bin. But when Emmy reads poignant notes from women who may have Gone Too Far with the wrong men, or who can't bear to let their children be evacuated, she is unable to resist responding. As the German planes make their nightly raids, and London picks up the smoldering pieces each morning, Emmy secretly begins to write back to the readers who have poured out their troubles"
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When her mother becomes a prime suspect in the murder of her old high school rival, Hayley Powell must delay her honeymoon to investigate, while her mother, Sheila, decides to do her own amateur sleuthing with the help of some old friends.
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Death overdue
by Allison Brook
When retired homicide detective Al Buckley is poisoned as he is about to reveal a murderer from a cold case at a program at the Clover Ridge library, new librarian Carrie Singleton is determined to solve the case with the help of a friendly ghost.
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Hearts like hers
by Melissa Brayden
Escaping from her small town after being crowned a local hero for the wrong reason, Kate Carpenter appears at just the right time in Autumn Primm's life when she's looking for a life outside her Venice Beach coffee shop.
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The Cottingley secret
by Hazel Gaynor
When she finds a manuscript in her late grandfather’s bookshop, Olivia Kavanaugh becomes fascinated by the story of two girls who mystified the nation with their authenticated photographs of fairies and soon realizes that their lives intertwine with hers.
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
by Edward Kelsey Moore
Forging a friendship at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Odette, Clarice and Barbara Jean meet regularly at the first diner owned by black proprietors in their Indiana city and are watched throughout the years by a big-hearted man who observes their struggles with school, marriage, parenthood and beyond.
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The city baker's guide to country living
by Louise Miller
A pastry chef for an exclusive Boston dinner club loses her job in the wake of a disastrous fire and escapes to her best friend's Vermont hometown, where her mouthwatering desserts give way to a new job, a blue-ribbon competition, a potential relationship and new understandings about belonging.
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The key to happily ever after
by Tif Marcelo
Three sisters are struggling to keep the family wedding planning business afloat—all the while trying to write their own happily-ever-afters in the process.
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The library of lost and found
by Phaedra Patrick
A shy librarian whose kind heart is often exploited receives a mysterious book of fairy tales from the beloved grandmother she believed dead and embarks on a perspective-changing journey of astonishing family secrets.
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The trouble with goats and sheep : a novel
by Joanna Cannon
In 1976 England, 10-year-olds Grace and Tilly, after their neighbor Mrs. Creasy goes missing, decide to take matters into their own hands and find her and bring her home, going door to door in search of clues and soon discovering that everyone on the Avenue has something to hide. A first novel.
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Waiting for Tom Hanks
by Kerry Winfrey
A rom-com-obsessed romantic waiting for her perfect leading man learns that life doesn’t always go according to a script.
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The days of Anna Madrigal
by Armistead Maupin
Follows ninety-two-year-old Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, as she joins her former tenant Brian on a road trip to Nevada where she attends to unfinished business she has long avoided.
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For additional reading ideas, talk with your library staff! |
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