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Try these ebook and audiobook suggestions by the Library Staff July 2020
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Darling Rose Gold
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Stephanie Wrobel
Enduring decades of serious illness as a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy before exposing her mother’s behavior, Rose Gold invites her unrepentant mother back into her life to secretly settle the score.
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The Giver of Stars
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Jojo Moyes
Volunteering for Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library in small-town Kentucky, an English bride joins a group of independent women whose commitment to their job transforms the community and their relationships.
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James Bond: Casino Royale
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Ian Fleming
Sent to a French casino in Royale-les-Eaux, Bond aims to eliminate the threat of the deadly Le Chiffre by bankrupting the ruthless SMERSH operative at the baccarat table. However, when the luck of the draw favors his enemy, 007 becomes the target of assassins and torturers in a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse.
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Kings of the Wyld
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Nicholas Eames
Clay Cooper and his band were once the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. With their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk. When an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea to help his daughter Rose, who is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy. It is the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. It's time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld.
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Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
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Mo Rocca
Mo Rocca has always loved reading the obituaries of the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who changed the world. But not every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. His quest to right that wrong inspired Mobituaries, his #1 hit podcast. Now with Mobituaries, the book, he has gone much further, with all new essays on artists, entertainers, sports stars, political pioneers, founding fathers, and more. With his dogged reporting and trademark wit, Rocca brings these men and women back to life like no one else can.
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The First Actress: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt
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C. W. Gortner
A historical tale inspired by the life of French actress Sarah Bernhardt traces the rise of a courtesan’s daughter whose rebellious style and refusal to give up her child lead her to become the most acclaimed performer of her time.
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The Irishman: Frank Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
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Charles Brandt
The Irishman is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century. Spanning decades, Sheeran's story chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and it offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics.
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The Silent Patient
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Alex Michaelides
A therapist becomes dangerously obsessed with uncovering the truth about what prompted his client, an artist who refuses to speak, to murder her husband in a way that triggers mass public speculation.
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
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Maria Semple
When her talented, troubled, and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her.
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Written Out
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Howard Mittelmark
Roger Olivetti has it made: a comfortable and rewarding career as an editor, a brownstone in downtown Manhattan, and a lovely, bestselling novelist wife. When the bottom falls out of the publishing industry and his marriage simultaneously erupts, Roger ends up living in the basement of his mother's house in the Long Island town where he grew up. While planning his comeback, he falls in with people he once knew, or thought he did, and soon finds himself with an unwelcome new career as a suburban hit man.
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