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Summer Longing
by Jamie Brenner
When a baby girl is abandoned on her doorstep, Ruth Cooperman, new to Provincetown, turns to her neighbors for help and is drawn into the drama of the close-knit community as alliances are made, relationships are tested and secrets are uncovered..
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| Days of Distraction by Alexandra ChangChinese American Jing Jing, a tech reporter, follows her white boyfriend from California to upstate New York, where she begins to more seriously explore her identity as a woman of color and consider their interracial relationship in a white-dominant culture. |
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Fair Warning
by Michael Connelly
When a woman with whom he shared a one-night stand is found brutally murdered, veteran reporter Jack McEvoy tracks a serial killer who has been operating under the radar.
Title is available from Overdrive.
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The Wife Stalker
by Liv Constantine
When the husband she has been patiently supporting for years ends their marriage upon falling in love with another woman, Joanna finds herself enmeshed in an ugly custody battle while struggling with a therapist who dismisses her concerns.
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| Master Class by Christina DalcherAn imaginative take on a future dystopia in which academic performance literally dictates all aspects of everyone's life. Teacher Elena Fairchild's daughter receives a low "Q" score and is sent to a state-run boarding school, where Elena learns the students are taught little and mainly exploited or experimented on.
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Sorry for Your Trouble : Stories
by Richard Ford
A new short-story collection by the award-winning author of Independence Day includes the novella, "The Run of Yourself," in which a New Orleans lawyer tackles the challenges of living beyond his Irish wife's death.
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Seeing Darkness
by Heather Graham
When a terrifying past-life regression during a girls' weekend in Salem reveals a local politician's sinister nature, FBI Krewe of Hunters special agent Jon Dickson teams up with an apprehensive witness to stop a twisted serial killer.
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| Grown-Up Pose by Sonya LalliIn her twenties, Anusha Desai gave up her dreams to make her traditional Indian parents happy. Now, more than a decade on, she's separating from her husband and considering an unorthodox new career path. By turns funny and moving (and always relatable), Anu's journey of self-discovery brings her new experiences -- and appreciation for what truly matters.
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| The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey79-year-old Missy Carmichael, whose isolated and lonely life has the potential to be changed by unexpected connections with strangers (and a lovable mutt), if only she'll let them.
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The 20th Victim
by James Patterson
Investigating three simultaneous murders in Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco, SFPC sergeant Lindsay Boxer identifies an unsettling link between the victims before the killer's escalating shootings galvanize the country.
Title is available from Overdrive.
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| The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven WrightDispatched to rural Carthage County, SC, by his elite Washington, D.C. firm, black political consultant Andre Ross is determined that nothing is going to stop him from separating the county from its assets by manipulating an upcoming election, no matter how torn about it he is.
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| LaRose by Louise ErdrichIn North Dakota, Landreaux Iron has accidentally killed his friend's five-year-old son. In accordance with Ojibwe tradition, he gives up his own son, LaRose, to his friend's family.
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| Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidWhen singer Daisy Jones meets Billy Dunn from the band The Six thw two rising 7's Rock & Roll artists are catapulted to fame. What happens next becomes the stuff of legend. The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies.
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| Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley Lily and the Octopus is an epic adventure of the heart. Lily, a short, happy 12-year-old dachsund who loves mint chocolate chip ice cream. Ted is a writer who loves Lily and is unable to bear the brain tumor that is stealing her sight and will eventually take her life. This debut novel is both funny and deeply moving in its accounting of the love between humans and their pets.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Centerville Library 111 W. Spring Valley Rd. Centerville, OH 45458 (937) 433-8091
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Woodbourne Library 6060 Far Hills Avenue Centerville, OH 45459 (937) 435-3700
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