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Adult Services Staff Picks May 2022 |
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The Paper Palace
by Miranda Cowley Heller
Recommended by: Claire
While staying at “The Paper Palace” — the family summer place she has visited every summer of her life, 50-year-old Elle must decide between the life she has built with her husband and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love.
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The Fervor
by Alma Katsu
Recommended by: Brandee
In 1944, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, held in an internment camp in the Midwest, discover a mysterious disease spreading among the interned is linked to a demon from the stories of Meiko's childhood, hellbent on infiltrating their already strange world.
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Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake
by Alexis J. Hall
Recommended by: Sarah R.
An entertaining story of baking and love that’s both genuinely funny and not afraid to address more serious issues. Rosaline, a single mother with financial issues, has landed a spot on a beloved baking show, and juggles baking with new relationships as the competition progresses and she finds her own way forward.
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The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
Recommended by: Lori
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
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Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner
Recommended by: Sarah V.
The Japanese Breakfast indie pop star presents a full-length account of her viral New Yorker essay to share poignant reflections on her experiences of growing up Korean-American, becoming a professional musician and caring for her terminally ill mother.
Register for An Evening with Michelle Zauner here.
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The Emergency : A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER
by Thomas Fisher
Recommended by: Kelly
From a renowned emergency room doctor and healthcare policy expert comes the riveting story of a year in the life of an emergency room on the South Side of Chicago during a pandemic- and a powerful argument that American healthcare is designed to sacrifice the lives of the most vulnerable.
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