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Fiction A to Z September 2017
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Lie to Me: A Fast-Paced Psychological Thriller
by J.t Ellison
When his wife, Sutton, disappears while they are having marital problems, leaving behind a note saying not to look for her, Ethan Montclair becomes the target of vicious gossip as friends, family and the media speculate on what really happened to Sutton. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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| Class Mom by Laurie GelmanJen Dixon has three kids -- two in college (born back when Jen was an INXS groupie) and one in kindergarten (with Baby Daddy #3, who's also Husband #1). She's older (make that wiser) than the rest of the parents in his class, and her style of communication (and humor) don't always go over very well. Snarky and sarcastic but never mean-spirited, Jen and her experiences as class mom will ring true to anyone with a kid in school, and her real-life confessions will appeal to fans of Maria Semple's Today Will Be Different or Bunmi Laditan's Confessions of a Domestic Failure. |
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Ordeal: A Thriller
by Jørn Lier Horst
When a woman haunted by her dysfunctional family discovers crucial evidence in the safe of her late grandfather's estate, Inspector William Wisting is forced to compromise his loyalties and the police force's reputation in order to solve a morally challenging cold case.
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Drinks With Dead Poets: A Season of Poe, Whitman, Byron, and the Bronts
by Glyn Maxwell
Set in a quaint English village, this novel, paying homage to the departed literary greats, follows poet Glyn Maxwell as he, waking up in a mysterious village one autumn day, encounters Byron, Yeats and Emily Dickinson, the Brontes, the Brownings and many others who are all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall.
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The Burning Girl: A Novel
by Claire Messud
Two lifelong friends find their relationship tested as their paths diverge during adolescence as one of the pair embarks on a dangerous journey. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Emperor’s Children.
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Fierce Kingdom: A Novel
by Gin Phillips
An electrifying novel about the primal and unyielding bond between a mother and her son, and the lengths she'll go to to protect him. The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her sprinting back into the zoo, her child in her arms. And for the next three hours--the entire scope of the novel--she keeps on running. Suddenly, mother and son are as trapped as the animals. Joan's intimate knowledge of this place that filled early motherhood with happy diversions--the hidden pathways and under-renovation exhibits, the best spots on the carousel and overstocked snack machines--is all that keeps them a step ahead of danger. A masterful thrill ride and an exploration of motherhood itself--from its tender moments of grace to its savage power--Fierce Kingdom asks where the boundary is between our animal instinct to survive and our human duty to protect one another. For whom should a mother risk her life?
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To Die in Spring: A Novel
by Ralf Rothmann
The son of an alcoholic World War II veteran pieces together the story of his father's experiences as a young apprentice milker on a northern German farm who, along with his outspoken friend, was tricked into becoming an army volunteer and committing an unthinkable act. By the award-winning author of Fire Doesn't Burn.
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Shadow of the Lions
by Christopher Swann
Accepting a teaching job at his former school in the wake of a failed writing career, Matthias guiltily reflects on his role in the disappearance of a classmate 10 years earlier and becomes compelled to learn the young man's fate, a quest that helps him understand his own place in his privileged world.
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Bookmarks: All the Light We Cannot See
Friday, September 22, 2:00pm
Library Meeting Room
Anne Marie Kostyk will review the Pulitzer-winning novel by Anthony Doerr. The stunningly beautiful bestseller is about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. The program will also be offered at the Westchester Township Historical Museum on Thursday, September 21 at 2:00 pm.
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Writing Out Loud: Paul Chappell Saturday, September 30, 7:30pm Library Meeting Room Writing Out Loud continues with Paul Chappell, the author of the seven-book Road to Peace series about ending war, waging peace, the art of living and our shared humanity. The first six published books in the series are Will War Ever End?, The End of War, Peaceful Revolution, The Art of Waging Peace, The Cosmic Ocean, and Soldiers of Peace. Chappell is an international peace educator who serves as the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s peace leadership director. He graduated from West Point, was deployed to Iraq and left active duty as a captain. Lecturing across the United States and internationally, he also teaches courses and workshops on peace leadership and peace literacy. Chappell grew up in Alabama, the son of a half-black and half-white father who fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and a Korean mother. And, having grown up in a violent household, Chappell has forged a new understanding of war and peace, rage and trauma, vision, purpose and hope. The program is followed by a reception and book signing hosted by the Friends of the Michigan City Public Library. The program is co-sponsored with Michigan City Rotary Club.
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