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Bonnie Garmus Author Read Alikes March 2023 |
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If you enjoy reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, try these authors whose titles are also accessible through Digital Library of Illinois (Libby) and Hoopla |
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The Farewell Tour
by Stephanie Clifford
From the author of the New York Times best-seller Everybody Rise comes a novel that tells the story of one unforgettable woman's rise in country and western music.
Scheduled release date: March 7, 2023 - place holds on Libby now.
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Her Hidden Genius
by Marie Benedict
Tells the story of Rosalind Franklin, who, despite an environment of harassment and bullying in the late 1940s and 1950s, worked in a stringent, scientific manner and became one of the first scientists to map the structure of DNA.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby and Hoopla.
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Carrie Soto is Back
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A retired tennis champion comes out of retirement at age 37 after watching a young phenom beat her long-standing record at the 1994 US Open in the new novel from the New York Time best-selling author of Malibu Rising.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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Olga Dies Dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Olga, the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's power brokers, must confront the effects of long-held family secrets when she falls in love with Matteo, while other family members must weather their own storms.
Available on Libby and Hoopla.
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The Female Persuasion
by Meg Wolitzer
A shy college freshman finds her perspectives transformed by a mentor activist at the center of the women's movement who challenges her to discover herself in ways that take her far from the traditional life she envisioned at the side of her boyfriend.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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On Rotation
by Shirlene Obuobi
When her life crashes down around her, Ghanaian-American med student Angie Appiah, who has spent her life being the Perfect Immigrant Daughter, questions everything--her career, her friendships, and her taste in men--until she meets someone who changes her perspective.
Available on Libby.
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple
When her talented, troubled, and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
by Roselle Lim
When her unwanted ability shows her death for the first time, Vanessa escapes to Paris with her eccentric aunt Evelyn to apprentice in her tea shop and hone her mystical gift.
Available on Libby.
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Opening Belle
by Maureen Sherry
A self-made, 30-something Wall Street star juggles the impossible demands of working in sexist environments and raising her children with a deadbeat husband while considering the life she may have had with her former fiancé, a situation that is complicated by the impending 2008 crash.
Available on Libby and Hoopla.
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Mr. & Mrs. American Pie
by Juliet McDaniel
Newly divorced socialite Maxine Simmons plots to return from disgrace by winning the Mrs. American Pie pageant, but to achieve her ends she will need to assemble a convincing family from a motley assortment of new neighbors.
Available on Libby.
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Man at the Helm
by Nina Stibbe
When her charmed life is shattered by her father's abandonment, young Lizzie is forced to move to a gossipy, disapproving village where her sister and she resolve to find a new man for their dysfunctional mother.
Available on Libby.
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The Refrigerator Monologues
by Catherynne M. Valente
Presents a series of linked stories, are each told from the point of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes and female superheroes who are tired of being hurt or attached just to advance the plot of a male superhero's story.
Available on Hoopla.
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The Days of Afrekete
by Asali Solomon
As Liselle Belmont prepares for a dinner party, she questions her marriage and her choices, while across town, Selena finds her memories of Liselle shifting her path in life, in this deeply human examination of two women coming back to themselves at midlife.
Available on Libby.
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City of Girls
by Elizabeth Gilbert
The best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love traces the experiences of a theater insider in 1940s New York who discovers that she does not have to be a "good girl" in order to be a good person.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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Park Avenue Summer
by Renée Rosen
In 1965, small-town aspiring photographer Alice Weiss finds herself working as a secretary for the new editor-in-chief at Cosmopolitan, and must navigate her way through office politics, city life, and unscrupulous men while trying to hold on to her dreams.
Available on Libby.
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The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
by Martha Batalha
When her rebellious sister Guida elopes, Euridice resolves to settle down as a model wife and daughter, but she soon begins to rebel against the gender-specified roles of 1940s Brazil and her tradition-loving husband.
Available on Hoopla.
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We Came Here to Shine
by Susie Orman Schnall
While performing at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Vivi, who dreams of being a Hollywood actress, forges an enduring friendship with Maxine, a journalist, and together they realize just how daring and bold they really are during the most meaningful summer of their lives.
Available on Libby and Hoopla.
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White Collar Girl
by Reně Rosen
Dreaming of working in the newsroom of the Chicago Tribune in spite of period conventions, 1950s cub reporter Jordan Walsh unexpectedly obtains confidential information about the mayor that advances her career and places her in danger.
Physical copy available. Also available on Libby.
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin
Embarking on a legendary collaboration launching them to stardom, two friends, intimates since childhood, have the world at their feet until they discover that their success, brilliance and money won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of the heart.
Waitlist - place holds on physical copy or on Libby now.
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Killers of a Certain Age
by Deanna Raybourn
Sent on an all-expense paid vacation to mark their retirement, four assassins discover they've been marked for death, forcing them to turn against their own organization and teach them what it really means to be a woman and a killer of a certain age.
Waitlist - place holds on physical copy or on Libby now.
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