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Christian Fiction July 2019
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| Whose Waves These Are by Amanda DykesWhat it is: a lyrical debut novel set in the 1940s and the 2000s.
Featuring: Annie Bliss, who goes to Ansel-by-the-Sea, Maine, when her great-uncle Bob becomes ill; Jeremiah, the handsome postman with a shirt that says, "Please go away;" and Bob, who lost his twin brother in World War II, is a key part of the tight-knit island community, and has unfinished promises to keep.
Who it's for: anyone who loves evocative soul-stirring reads with well-drawn romantic elements. |
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| Summer by the Tides by Denise HunterWhat it's about: Restaurant manager Maddy Monroe has just lost her boyfriend and her job. So, when handsome marina owner Connor Sullivan leaves a message saying Maddy's grandmother is missing, she immediately heads to Gram's North Carolina beach house, where her two sisters (who've barely spoken since a betrayal years earlier) also show up...a reunion that has Gram's fingerprints all over it.
For fans of: lighthearted women's fiction featuring charming beach locations, sisters, and sweet romances. |
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| Wooing Cadie McCaffrey by Bethany TurnerStarring: Cadie, who is tired of waiting for her boyfriend of four years to propose, and Will, who loves Cadie but is oblivious to her hopes for a ring.
What happens: Miscommunications cause the two to break up, but Will tries to win Cadie back using ideas pulled from her favorite rom-com movies and his former pro-athlete coworkers.
Don't miss: the adorable meet-cute at the beginning of the book; the thoughtful handling of regrets (including about premarital sex). |
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Someday Home: A Novel
by Lauraine Snelling
General Fiction. Three women trust God and start over by sharing a house with each other. Lynn lives in a beautiful Minnesota lake house, but after her husband unexpectedly dies, she knows it's too big for just her. She welcomes into her home Judith, who's adrift after spending years caring for her wealthy father (who left her empty promises and gave everything else to charity), and sophisticated real estate agent Angela, who learned at her 25th wedding anniversary dinner that her husband was a cheat who wanted a divorce. This atmospheric book provides an intriguing and realistic look at women dealing with turmoil by leaning on each other and God.
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The Inn at Ocean's Edge
by Colleen Coble
Romantic Suspense. When Claire Dellamore unexpectedly shows up at Ocean's Edge, a Maine hotel, it's to help her dad close a business deal -- but she uncharacteristically has a panic attack. What is it about the hotel that's bothering her? Then she meets Luke Elwell and learns that she disappeared from the hotel when she was a child. Luke -- whose mother also disappeared years ago, but was never found -- helps Claire sort out the past. In this 1st in the fast-paced Sunset Cove series, what they discover are family secrets, danger, and -- maybe -- love.
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Where Hope Begins
by Catherine West
Starring: shocked 40-year-old empty nester Savannah Barrington, whose husband of two decades has just left her for another woman.
What happens: Retreating to her parents' lake house in the Berkshires, Savannah finds hope and healing in the form of her neighbors: a wise elderly woman and a handsome man and his little girl. Then Savannah's husband asks to reconcile, and she must decide where her future lies.
Who it's for: readers who appreciate moving, leisurely paced stories with themes of loss, hopelessness and hope, and recovery.
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Duneland Stamp Club
Thursday, July 11, 4:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Duneland Stamp Club meets the second Thursday of each month. New members are welcome.
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Red Cross Blood Drive
Friday, July 12, 12:30 pm
Library Meeting Room
The need for blood is especially high during the holidays. The Red Cross will conduct a blood drive Friday, July 12, from 12:30-4:00 pm. You can make an appointment by calling 1-800-GiveLife. Walk-ins are welcome! Give the gift of life.
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Apollo 11 Webcast
Monday, July 15, 3:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
Join STARnet for a Live Webcast Event to celebrate NASA’s 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11’s Historic Moon Landing! What was the sequence of this incredible mission? Where on the Moon did they land? And how did they return safely to Earth? The library will host the showing of a guided recreation of Apollo 11’s journey to see how this mission was executed by crew members and mission control in Houston.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library 100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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