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Staff Picks: Fiction July 2021 |
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Delicious Foods : a novel
by James Hannaham
A young widow with an addiction is lured away to a remote farm by a shady company called Delicious Foods, where she is held captive and forced into hard labor while she struggles to become reunited with her young son. 20,000 first printing.
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To the end of the land
by David Grossman
Fleeing to Galilee in despair when her son voluntarily rejoins the Israeli army, Ora drags along estranged family friend Avram, a tortured former POW to whom she relates her experiences of motherhood against a backdrop of constant war and fear.
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History of wolves : a novel
by Emily Fridlund
Living with her parents in a nearly abandoned counterculture commune, fourteen-year-old Linda finds her perspectives and desires changed by the arrest of a teacher and the secrets of a new neighbor family
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Say Her Name
by Francisco Goldman
In an novel based on the author's real-life tragedy, Goldman, consumed with grief and guilt over the accidental death of his wife around their second anniversary, obsessively collects every memory of her, especially her writings, with the hopes of keeping her alive in his mind. By the author of The Art of Political Murder.
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City on fire
by Garth Risk Hallberg
A tale set against the backdrop of the infamous 1977 blackout follows the experiences of two New York heirs, their paramours, two punk-loving teens, an obsessive reporter and a detective who would learn what any of them have to do with a Central Park shooting. A first novel.
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The flamethrowers : a novel
by Rachel Kushner
Arriving in New York to pursue a creative career in the raucous 1970s art scene, Reno joins a group of dreamers and raconteurs before falling in love with the estranged son of an Italian motorcycle scion and succumbing to a radical social movement in 1977 Italy. By the National Book Award-nominated author of Telex from Cuba
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Jessamine County Public Library
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Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356
859-885-3523www.jesspublib.org |
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