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Harrison Library Book Club News May 2022
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May is just around the corner. There's plenty of time for reading in between watching the sun come out, 2 minutes of hail, more partial sun, followed by rain. Ah, springtime in North Idaho! Copies of the upcoming Book Club titles will be available for pick-up starting next Wednesday, April 27.
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Arsenic and old lace
by 1902-1967 Kesselring, Joseph
One of the first and funniest comedies of multiple murder Arsenic and old lace was the play that put black comedy on the the theatrical map. This is a story of two charming and gentle old ladies who poison have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar...
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The woman in the window
by A. J. Finn
An agoraphobic recluse languishes in her New York City home, drinking wine and spying on her neighbors, before witnessing a terrible crime through her window that exposes her secrets and raises questions about her perceptions of reality.
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The Lioness
by Christopher A. Bohjalian
In 1964, Hollywood royalty Katie Barstow and her new husband, along with her glittering entourage, arrive for their luxury African safari, but are instead taken hostage by Russian mercenaries, in this blistering story of fame, race, love death set in a world on the cusp of great change.
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Bloomsbury girls
by Natalie Jenner
Presents a story of post-war London, a century-old bookstore and three women determined to find their way in a fast-changing world.
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The book woman's daughter : a novel
by Kim Michele Richardson
"In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library route, Honey begins to deliver books to the remote hollersof Appalachia. Honey is looking to prove that she doesn't need anyone telling her how to survive. But the route can be treacherous, and some folks aren't as keen to let a woman pave her own way. If Honey wants to bring the freedom books provide to the families who need it most, she's going to have to fight for her place, and along the way, learn that the extraordinary women who run the hills and hollers can make all the difference in the world"
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The Walled Garden
by Robin Farrar Maass
Lucy Silver is finishing her dissertation on Elizabeth Blackspear, a poet. When she discovers correspondence between her grandmother and the poet along with coded references, Lucy is determined to follow the clues to learn about her family’s past.
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