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Library Light Bites — April 2020 |
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Available as an e-bookAn unflinching frontierswoman riding out the Arizona Territory drought of 1893 finds her life intertwined with that of a former outlaw whose ability to see ghosts has inspired a momentous expedition. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Tiger’s Wife. |
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Kevin Fahey is Adult Services Librarian with the Casa Grande Public Library. His reading and listening passions include Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Non-Fiction.
"The Promise of the Grand Canyon is an engaging story of the life of John Wesley Powell, who lead a group of men to become the first to explore the Grand Canyon by travelling through it on the Colorado River. The book details his upbringing, his heroic journey through the Grand Canyon, and his leadership and political acumen as head of the Department of Archaeology and the U.S. Geological Survey. Author John F. Ross writes with a lyricism that is reminiscent to the period and paints a portrait of the American West that is soon to be transformed. A must read for anyone interested in the history of the Southwest." |
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The wedding dress : a novel by Danielle SteelA treasured wedding gown made in 1928 Paris is handed down through four generations of women in a family shaped by the San Francisco social scene, two world wars, the Civil Rights era and the rise of Silicon Valley. |
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Available as an e-bookThe award-winning author of Station Eleven presents a tale of crisis and survival in the hidden landscapes of homeless campgrounds, luxury hotels, private clubs and federal prisons, where a massive Ponzi scheme is tied to a woman’s disappearance at sea. |
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Available as an e-bookA tech expert and building superintendent finds his circumscribed routines upended by his significant other’s eviction and the appearance of teen at his doorstep who claims to be his son. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons. |
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The Rhythm Section
Stephanie Patrick is a woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When she discovers the wreck was no accident, Stephanie enters the dark, complex world of international espionage seeking vengeance. Her search leads to Iain Boyd, a former MI6 agent who trains her to hunt down those responsible. With nothing left to lose, Stephanie transforms from victim to assassin and discovers that neither revenge nor the truth is what they appear.
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Little Women
Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the beloved story of the March sisters, four young women each determined to live life on her own terms, is both timeless and timely.
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The Assistant
Follows a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive as she endures a variety of abuses.
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Available as an e-bookA modern-day teacher discovers the story of three Reconstruction-era women and how it connects to her own students’ lives in this latest from the New York Times best-selling author of Before We Were Yours. |
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The book of longings
by Sue Monk Kidd
A first-century intellectual fights the limitations imposed on women before an encounter with an 18-year-old Jesus leads to their marriage, his dangerous public ministry and her flight to safety in Alexandria. By the author of The Invention of Wings. Maps.
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Available as an e-bookChallenged to prove herself when her New Mexico community becomes the center of a nationwide manhunt, police chief Sunshine Vicram is seduced by an alluring FBI agent and a sultry U.S. Marshal who test her feelings for a childhood crush. |
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Girl Gone Viral
by Alisha Rai
A live-tweet event goes viral for a camera-shy ex-model, shoving her into the spotlight—and into the arms of the bodyguard she’d been pining for. By the author of The Right Swipe. Hardcover Library Edition. 30,000 first printing
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