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Yesteryear
by Caro Claire Burke
As the picturesque wife and mother of a fantasy pioneer lifestyle, tradwife influencer Natalie Heller Mills lives a seemingly perfect life on her dairy farm in Idaho with her cowboy husband and brood of whimsical children. With millions of followers and teeming haters, Natalie has built an empire on simple living and traditional family values. Her empire comes crumbling down when she wakes up cold, hungry, and dirty in the year 1855 and must come to terms with a terrifying new existence.
Librarian Liz and Librarian Ayelet both chose this title for their staff pick this month. You can read their full reviews in the June Staff Picks list.
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Summer Reading for all ages takes place June 1 through August 31! Pick up a bingo card in person at any BPL location or download one online. Adult participants may visit any BPL location to receive a Summer Reading tote bag, while supplies last. Keep checking in with your local branch throughout the summer for fun activities and to put the titles and activities you've completed on their bingo board! |
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Lavanya Lakshmi "Finally in the relationship of her dreams, Simran returns home to attend a lavish wedding. Old tensions resurface when her new boyfriend crashes the festivities." |
Maria Semple "The story of a young philosopher who has decided that the only way to live a happy life is to be content with what you have. That is, until black market art deals and her past get in the way." |
Andrew Sean Greer "Set in the crumbling hills of Tuscany, a young archivist takes a job as an unspecified assistant to Lisabetta, otherwise known as Coco, a wealthy widow of great local renown." |
Catherine Adel West "When makeup influencer Natalie Moore goes missing, Detective Redding Stark finds disturbing parallels to a series of disappearances targeting Black women. Is Natalie's disappearance connected?" |
Camille Perri "As patrons of the shabby but beloved Hamilton Dog Park, Val, Alex, and June don't seem to have too much in common. When June's husband hires Val, a private investigator, the lives of the three women collide and they form an unexpected bond." |
Amitav Ghosh "When three-year-old Varsha Gupta requests fish for lunch, her vegetarian family is shocked. Insisting that she remembers from a different life, the family and a psychologist investigate reincarnation." |
Isabel Waidner "In a story of thwarted expectations, renewed ambition, and the possibility of escape, two strangers of remarkable resemblance swap lives." |
Mary H.K. Choi "A story about the challenges of navigating class, fame, burgeoning sexuality, and grief as two women grapple with what it means to grow up and grow older in Hollywood." |
Sophie Chen Keller "From a village in Northwestern China to the dynamic city of Beijing, a musical prodigy and his mother spend years forging a path back to each other." |
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