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The Family Chao: A NovelSummary: Acclaimed storyteller Lan Samantha Chang returns with “a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery” that explores “family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream” (Jean Kwok). Brimming with heartbreak, comedy, and suspense, The Family Chao offers a kaleidoscopic, highly entertaining portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with the dark undercurrents of a seemingly pleasant small town. - 1642.
Silence is a Sense: ‘Lyrical, moving, revealing’ - Tracy ChevalierSummary: A transfixing and beautifully rendered novel about a refugee’s escape from civil war—and the healing power of community. - 1643.
The Frankie FactorSummary: At twelve years old, Frankie Spril is driving his family nuts with his many fears. After Frankie is blamed for a tragic accident at Schuster’s Lake because he's too terrified to swim, The Caretaker of the Universe, Miss Eileen, orders her overworked administrative assistant, Karl, to send a pair of guardian angels trainees to help Frankie learn how to swim. Unfortunately, the only two angels available are not particularly good students. - 1644.
The Jalopy Chronicles: Across the UniverseSummary: A futuristic, environmentally destroyed, and terrorist infested Earth forces the human population to be moved to planets across the universe. This imaginative, humorous story follows the McHubbard family as they navigate through space and time in this interstellar adventure. - 1645.
Over the Broad Earth: A Novel from the Saga of Fallen LeavesSummary: This imaginative tale tracks the continuing contest of two Celestial brothers, God and Satan, who, by ancient decree, can only unleash their sibling rivalry when human beings engage in combat. - 1646.
Glory: A NovelSummary: NoViolet Bulawayo’s bold new novel follows the fall of the Old Horse, the long-serving leader of a fictional country, and the drama that follows for a rumbustious nation of animals on the path to true liberation. - 1647.
Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in BusinessSummary: March is Women’s History Month and women today are speaking up, stepping out, and breaking through like never before. The bestselling book Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business from Fast Company tells the inspiring stories of incredible women who redefined norms by pushing past the obstacles others placed before them. - 1648.
Indelible: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book 1Summary: When a sniper killed his partner, Sean McPherson was injured in the ambush. Now an ex-cop, he takes a job at a writing retreat in the Pacific Northwest. At Pines & Quill, he hopes to heal and put his life back together in the Zen-like capacity of groundskeeper and all-around handyman. - 1649.
The Christie AffairSummary:Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning novel that reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world.
"Sizzles from its first sentence."––The Wall Street Journal
A Reese's Book Club Pick
Why would the world's most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desperate enough to destroy another woman's marriage? How deeply can a person crave revenge?
In 1925, Miss Nan O’Dea infiltrated the wealthy, rarefied world of author Agatha Christie and her husband, Archie. In every way, she became a part of their life––first, both Christies. Then, just Archie. Soon, Nan became Archie’s mistress, luring him away from his devoted wife, desperate to marry him. Nan’s plot didn’t begin the day she met Archie and Agatha.
It began decades before, in Ireland, when Nan was a young girl. She and the man she loved were a star-crossed couple who were destined to be together––until the Great War, a pandemic, and shameful secrets tore them apart. Then acts of unspeakable cruelty kept them separated.
What drives someone to murder? What will someone do in the name of love? What kind of crime can someone never forgive? Nina de Gramont’s brilliant, unforgettable novel explores these questions and more. - 1650.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of PlantsSummary: Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.