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Fiction A to Z October 2019
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| Carnegie Hill by Jonathan VatnerWhat happens: Thirty-two-year old Pepper Bradford is at loose ends, until joining the board of her Upper East Side co-op involves her in her neighbors' lives and gives her purpose.
Why you might like it: This witty comedy of manners offers a large cast of engaging characters, many of whom are struggling with marital dissatisfaction -- whether newly married or together 50 years.
Want a taste? "Unsure of the proper attire for a co-op board meeting, Pepper decided to err on the side of stuffiness." |
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Well met
by Jen DeLuca
While in the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland to help her sister, Emily is roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire with her teenaged niece where she, after meeting an irritating, yet handsome, schoolteacher, finally finds a place to call home. Original.
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Girl
by Edna O'Brien
Abducted by Boko Haram, a young woman makes a hair-raising escape from her northeast Nigerian prison before confronting the hostility and bureaucracy of being the mother of a child fathered by enemies. (general fiction). (This book was listed in a previous issue of Forecast.)
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Dry County
by Jake Hinkson
A man with secrets, a successful preacher in the Arkansas Ozarks and proud husband and father of five, is forced to turn to the darkest corners of his small town when he is blackmailed by a former lover.
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A mistake
by R. Carl Shuker
A gifted surgeon, and the only female consultant at her hospital, Elizabeth, after an operation goes horribly wrong, and, as her colleagues begin to close ranks, she finds her life thrown into disarray and wonders if she can survive a single mistake.
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The dollmaker
by Nina Allan
"Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive, but graceful, unique and with surprising depths. Perhaps that's why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector's magazine. Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what it is to be trapped; and as they knit closer together, he weaves a curious plan to rescue her. On his journey through the old towns of England he reads the fairytales of Ewa Chaplin--potent, eldritch stories which, like her lifelike dolls, pluck at the edges of reality and thread their way into his mind. When Andrew and Bramber meet at last, they will have a choice--to remain alone with their painful pasts or break free and, unlike their dolls, come to life"
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A dog's promise
by W. Bruce Cameron
A latest entry in the series that includes, A Dog’s Journey, continues the story of Bailey, who is joined by another special dog, Lola, in an effort to fulfill a promise over the course of several lives. Read by William Dufris. Simultaneous.
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Lies in White Dresses
by Sofia Grant
Inspired by the Reno quick-divorce practices of the mid-20th century, a historical tale finds two best friends joining other would-be divorcées at a Nevada ranch only to find their plans upended by a shocking event. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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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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