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Great Reads From Your Library Staff April 2021
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All systems red by Martha WellsThe Hugo and Nebula Award-winning debut finds a team of scientists and their self-aware droid fending for survival on a distant planet when a neighboring mission goes dark. Recommended by Ashley in Riverside
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Recommended by Nancy in Bel Air
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The first mistakeby Sandie. JonesBelieving she has finally achieved happiness in her second marriage, children and best friendship with the most loyal woman she has ever known, Alice turns suspicious when her husband and best friend start disappearing for extended times. Recommended by Katie in Abingdon
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The girls weekend : a novelby Jody GehrmanOld grudges between high school classmates resurface at a baby shower on an estate in the San Juan islands where the mother-to-be goes missing and no one has any memory of what transpired the night before. Recommended by Laura in Fallston
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The henna artist by Alka JoshiEscaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist, and confidante, most in demand to the wealthy women of the upper class. Although trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, her own are threatened by the abusive husband she fled as a teenage girl. Book 2: The Secret Keeper of Jaipur releases in June 2021. Recommended by Dianne in Aberdeen
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Paris is always a good idea by Jenn McKinlayWitnessing remarriages in her family in the years after her mother’s death, a talented medical-research fundraiser retraces her post-college European tour in the hopes of reconnecting with one of three romantic partners from the past. Recommended by Diane in Edgewood
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Saving Jemima : life and love with a hard-luck jayby Julie ZickefooseDescribes how the author, a wildlife rehabilitator, nursed a baby blue jay back to health, prepared her for eventual release back into the wild, and cared for her when she contracted a deadly eye disease after release. Recommended by Marsha in Fallston
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Solutions and other problemsby Allie BroshThe creator of the award-winning Hyperbole and a Half presents a new collection of comedic, autobiographical and deceptively illustrated essays on topics ranging from childhood and very bad pets to grief, loneliness and powerlessness in modern life. Recommended by Lisa in Riverside
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