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The River We Remember
by William Kent Krueger
When the body of a wealthy landowner is found floating in the Alabaster River on Memorial Day in 1958, Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero, struggles to solve this murder that has the town of Jewel, Minnesota, up in arms, while putting to rest the demons from his own past.
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Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421
by T. J. Newman
When Flight 1421 crashes into the ocean six minutes after take-off, the surviving passengers believe they are the lucky ones until the plane starts to sink to the ocean floor, trapping them inside, and they must wait to be rescued as both air and time runs out.
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Talulah's Back in Town
by Brenda Novak
Talulah Barclay doesn't like complications. Unfortunately, they seem to love her. Fourteen years after leaving her fiancé at the altar, Talulah returns to her hometown of Coyote Canyon, Montana, to settle her great-aunt's estate. As she'd feared, her "runaway bride" reputation is waiting right where she left it, and her ex's best friend, Brant, isn't about to let her slip by unnoticed. Sometimes the past we leave behind leads us right where we belong.
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The Light Pirate
by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Wanda--a luminous child born out of a devastating hurricane, navigates a rapidly changing world. Moving from childhood to adulthood, adapting not only to the changing landscape, but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization, Wanda loses family, gains community, and ultimately, seeks adventure, love, and purpose in a place remade by nature.
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Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontèe
Poor and plain, Jane Eyre begins life as a lonely orphan in the household of her hateful aunt. Despite the oppression she endures at home, and the later torture of boarding school, Jane manages to emerge with her spirit and integrity unbroken. She becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she finds herself falling in love with her employer--the dark, impassioned Mr. Rochester. But an explosive secret tears apart their relationship, forcing Jane to face poverty and isolation once again.
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy
After her controlling mother dies, Jeanette gets the help she needs to overcome eating disorders, addiction and unhealthy relationships—and finally decides what she really wants for the first time in her life. Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.
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Someone Else's Shoes
by Jojo Moyes
When she accidentally takes the wrong gym bag, Sam Kemp tries on a pair of six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes that give her the confidence to change her life, while the shoes' owner, Nisha, tries to cling to her glamorous life after her husband cuts her off. She must scramble to cope--she doesn’t even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in.
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Available Formats: Paperback
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Writer's Market
by Robert Lee Brewer
Want to get published and paid for your writing? Let Writer's Market, 100th edition guide you through the process. It's the ultimate reference with thousands of publishing opportunities for writers, listings for book publishers, consumer and trade magazines, contests and awards, and literary agents--as well as new playwriting and screenwriting sections, along with contact and submission information.
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Available Formats: Paperback, BRIDGES eBook, and BRIDGES Audiobook
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Summer Reading
by Jenn McKinlay
While chaperoning her half-brother, who is in a robotics competition at the local library, chef Samantha Gale meets Bennett Reynolds, who has come to Martha's Vineyard to find his father. An irresistible attraction blossoms when Ben inspires Sam to create the cookbook she's always dreamed about and she jumps all in on helping him find his father, and soon they realize their summer fling may heat up into a happily ever after.
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November 27, 2023 6:30pm at the Library Book Discussion: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin December 18, 2023 6:30pm at the Library Book Discussion: Christmas By the Book by Anne Marie Ryan Multiple copies are made available at the library for upcoming selections. Contact the library for more information.
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Independence Public Library 805 1st St East Independence, Iowa 50644 319-334-2470
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