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Fiction A to Z September 2018
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The air you breathe : a novel
by Frances de Pontes Peebles
An orphaned kitchen maid and the reckless daughter of a sugar baron embark on a volatile friendship marked by their ambitions to escape, their changing fortunes and unexpected fame. By the award-winning author of The Seamstress
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| Brother by David ChariandyWhat it's about: a marginalized community in Toronto, where run-ins with police can quickly turn violent.
Starring: a Trinidadian family composed of two boys and their single mom. The novel itself shifts in time, from when the three were together, to when one brother is no longer around.
Read it for: riveting characters, a melancholy tone, impending sense of doom, and a "haunting story that will linger in readers' memories" (Booklist). |
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| The Line That Held Us by David JoyWhat it is: a bleak Southern noir in which an accidental death sets in motion an inescapable cycle of violence.
Featuring: two poachers, the loyal friend of one, and the savage but dedicated brother (with a dangerous sense of justice) of the other.
For fans of: Michael Farris Smith's Desperation Road, or the desolate Appalachian settings of Ron Rash's novels. |
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| The Incendiaries by R.O. KwonStarring: Three Korean Americans: grieving university student Phoebe, who falls in with an extremist cult; shy Will, a transfer student from a Bible college; and John, a magnetic zealot who claims to have been released from a North Korean prison.
What happens: In the wake of a violent act that leaves five people dead at the hands of John's quasi-religious cult, Phoebe disappears, leaving Will to piece together what happened.
Reviewers say: "an urgent and disarming debut" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Shortest Way Home by Miriam ParkerWhat it's about: In this engaging, character-driven debut, 30-year-old Hannah makes the impulsive decision to quit a promising career in finance in order to help out at a charming Sonoma winery.
Who it's for: Sweet and optimistic while addressing issues of self-discovery and growth, this is a great choice for fans of Jennifer Weiner.
Read this next: Lisa Owen's Not Working, or Kelly Harms' The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay. |
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Bad man : a novel
by Dathan Kahn Auerbach
Haunted by the disappearance of his younger brother five years earlier, Ben takes a job at the store where his brother went missing, where he encounters eerie co-workers and unsettling phenomena. By the author of Penpal
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A question of trust
by Penny Vincenzi
A charismatic politician in 1950s London pursues an affair with a sultry fashion model before a child's illness forces him to rethink his principles, career and family bonds. By the best-selling author of No Angel
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The second life of Ava Rivers
by Faith Gardner
Eighteen-year-old Vera, eager to start college and escape the celebrity her family has endured since her twin's disappearance twelve years earlier, finds her world turned upside-down again when Ava returns
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The wildlands : a novel
by Abby Geni
Losing her home and parents to a tornado, a young girl becomes her radical older brother's unwitting accomplice as he declares war on humanity and engages in acts of increasing violence. By the award-winning author of The Lightkeepers
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Culpeper County Library 271 Southgate Shopping Center Culpeper, Virginia 22701 540-825-8691
www.cclva.org
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