Great Reads From Your Library Staff
July 2019
The editor : a novel
by Steven Rowley

A struggling writer in 1990s New York City gets his big break from none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. By the author of Lily and the Octopus. 
 
Recommended by Jaime in Whiteford
Every tool's a hammer : life is what you make it
by Adam Savage

A first book by the MythBusters special-effects artist draws on projects from his remarkable career and interviews with famous and visionary colleagues to distill essential rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through. 
 
Recommended by Jennifer F. in Riverside
The island of sea women : a novel
by Lisa See

The ostracized daughter of a Japanese collaborator and the daughter of their Korean village's head female diver share nearly a century of friendship that is tested by their island's torn position between two warring empires. 
 
Recommended by Linda in Abingdon
Learning to see : a novel of Dorothea Lange, the woman who revealed the real America
by Elise Hooper

As America's economy collapses and her marriage founders, photographer Dorothea Lange takes to the road with her two young sons to document the horrific conditions of the nation's poor, creating images that define the era.
 
Recommended by Betsy in Bel Air
No one can pronounce my name : a novel
by Rakesh Satyal

Struggling with cultural divisions in a Cleveland suburb mostly populated by Indian Americans, lonely 40-something Harit dresses up in a sari to comfort his grief-stricken mother before befriending a woman who writes paranormal romances to manage her fears about her husband's affair.
 
Recommended by Lisa in Riverside
The power : a novel
by Naomi Alderman

In a novel of speculative fiction, an award-winning author contemplates a world where teenage girls now have immense physical power—they can cause agonizing pain and even death, drastically resetting the balance of the world.
 
Recommended by Melissa in Jarrettsville
Red, white & royal blue : a novel
by Casey McQuiston

After an international incident affects U.S. and British relations, the president's son Alex and Prince Henry must pretend to be best friends, but as they spend time together, the two begin a secret romance that could derail a presidential campaign.
 
Recommended by Angela in Edgewood
Under a graveyard sky
by John Ringo

When an apocalyptic plague is released that transforms people into zombies, the Smith family seeks a haven in the Atlantic before joining a small band of Marines to become the defenders of the world's survivors. By the best-selling author of the Posleen Wars series. 
 
Recommended by James in Abingdon
Witness : lessons from Elie Wiesel's classroom
by Ariel Burger

A devoted protégé and friend of Elie Wiesel takes readers into the sacred space of Wiesel's classroom, showing the Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient not only as an extraordinary human being but as a master teacher.
 
Recommended by Debbie in Fallston
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