"The moment builds; it swells and builds -- the moment when I realize we have lost." ~ from Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard
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| Euphoria by Lily KingHistorical Fiction. Loosely based on the life of pioneering American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Euphoria introduces husband-and-wife anthropologists Nell Stone and Schyler "Fen" Fenwick. Upon arriving in 1930s Papua New Guinea, where they plan to undertake an ethnographic study of the Tam people, they encounter brilliant but troubled Englishman Andrew Bankson, who's studying the nearby Kiona tribe. As the three collaborate, Nell and Andrew connect in ways that strain her already troubled marriage to Fen, who's threatened by his wife's greater fame and professional reputation. This atmospheric, richly detailed story, told in lyrical language, will transport listeners to another time and place. |
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| Landline: A Novel by Rainbow RowellFiction. Georgie McCool has got it all, or so she thinks. Deftly balancing a successful career and a wonderful family, Georgie's life reaches the next level when she and her writing partner sell their television pilot to a network -- on the condition that they deliver four scripts by December 27. That obviously conflicts with the family's annual Christmas vacation, so when she opts out in favor of meeting her deadline, her husband Neal takes the kids and heads to Nebraska without her. When a panicked Georgie calls from her mother's landline, Neal picks up. However, it's not present-day Neal she's speaking to -- it's Neal from the past, shortly before they got engaged. Handed an improbable opportunity to reexamine (and possibly alter) her past, Georgie must evaluate her life and decide what to do about her own future. |
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| The Beekeeper's Ball by Susan WiggsFiction. Only 30, Isabel Johansen has big plans for Bella Vista, her childhood home in Sonoma County, California. She wants to turn it into a culinary school with an emphasis on local ingredients (including honey harvested from her own beehives) and an in-demand destination for events -- like her sister Tess' upcoming wedding. However, Isabel's grand vision is complicated by the unexpected arrival of two men: one, celebrity chef Calvin Sharp, is an unpleasant reminder of her past; the other, journalist Cormac O'Neill, is writing a book about her late grandfather's activities in the Danish Resistance during World War II and may prove to be an important part of Isabel's future. This follow-up to author Susan Wiggs' The Apple Orchard is an engaging, heartwarming story of love and family ties. |
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| The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithMystery. Private investigator Cormoran Strike's life is a mess. The 35-year-old former military policeman, who lost a leg in Afghanistan, is currently living in his bare-bones London office after a relationship-ending fight with his long-term girlfriend and trying to figure out how to fire his newest employee, Robin Ellacott, the bright and resourceful temp he'd love to keep but can't afford. Given his nonexistent caseload, Strike has no choice but to devote his full attention to his investigation of Lula Landry's shocking death. According to the press, the famous model committed suicide by jumping from the top of her penthouse apartment. However, her brother insists that she was murdered. Entering the surreal realm of the rich and famous, Strike and Robin question celebrities and fashionistas, trying to uncover the truth in this pseudonymous series opener by J.K. Rowling. |
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| Joyland by Stephen KingMystery. In the summer of 1973, college student Devin Jones takes a job at Joyland, a North Carolina amusement park. When he's not dressing up as the park's mascot, operating rides, or cleaning up the resulting vomit, Devin explores his surroundings. An ominous warning from a boardwalk fortune-teller soon leads to his investigation -- aided by terminally ill child psychic Mike and fellow employee Erin Cook -- of one of the park's perennial mysteries: why do so many young women go missing in Joyland? |
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| The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise PennyMystery. In a secluded monastery in Quebec, where 24 monks should be contemplating nature and God, one brother's mind -- and hands -- turn to murder. The cloistered monks, who have taken vows of silence despite their fame as the voices behind a bestselling album of gorgeous Gregorian chants, know as well as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Inspector Jean-Guy Beauvoir do that one of them is the killer. Since Louise Penny's well-drawn characters evolve over time, those who haven't read her elegant, award-winning books may want to pick up the 1st in the series, Still Life, before immersing themselves in this "excellent" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) 8th entry. |
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