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Handpicked by Mary Kay September 2017
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Thank you for checking out my picks! I work as the Adult Services Manager on the second floor of RFPL and my favorite hobbies are a) reading; and b) listening to audiobooks while taking walks. My favorite genres right now are psychological suspense, literary fiction, and political nonfiction. I also love movies and tv shows with a dark edge. However, I enjoy helping readers / watchers of ALL stripes find that next great book or show at the library! Feel free to contact me for a custom list at mkakers@rflib.org. I hope to see you in the library soon.
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The Good People by Hannah KentThree women in 19th-century Ireland bond over a shared effort to rescue a child from a superstitious community that believes that his trauma-related inability to speak indicates that he is a changeling responsible for a series of misfortunes. By the award-winning author of Burial Rites. Coming September 19!
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He said/she said by Erin KellyTraveling to a festival in Cornwall to see a total eclipse, an eclipse chaser and his girlfriend intervene in a crime that they cannot prove until a dangerous enemy's activities during a subsequent eclipse forces them to confront the past. By the best-selling author of The Poison Tree.
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The locals : a novel by Jonathan DeeA rural, working-class town in New England elects as its mayor a New York hedge fund millionaire who slowly transforms the community in his image, triggering unexpected changes in the life of a financially strapped contractor and his extended family. By the Pulitzer Prize-finalist author of The Privileges.
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The Marriage Pact by Michelle RichmondPicture-perfect newlyweds are unexpectedly initiated into a mysterious organization designed to keep marriages happy and intact by enforcing seemingly thoughtful rules that become increasingly exacting and subject to brutal enforcement. By the award-winning author of The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress.
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Rosalie Lightning by Tom HartEisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart's beautiful and touching graphic memoir about the untimely death of his young daughter, Rosalie.
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Blackcoat's daughterWhen two teenage girls stay at their boarding school over winter break, they discover that they are being targeted by evil supernatural forces. Starring Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka.
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LoversDebra Winger and Tracy Letts play a long-married, dispassionate couple who are both in the midst of serious affairs. But on the brink of calling it quits, a spark between them suddenly reignites, leading them into an impulsive romance.
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Sense of an ending Haunted by his past, a man is presented with a diary that causes him to question his life choices. Based on the book The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Starring Jim Broadbent and featuring Charlotte Rampling.
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Summer hours After their mother dies, three siblings must sift through the past and decide what to do with the country home and items she has left for them. Starring Juliet Binoche.
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Listen Up! Some Recent Audiobooks I Loved
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine : a novel by Gail HoneymanA socially awkward, routine-oriented loner teams up with a bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of isolation and secret unhappiness.
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The light between oceans : a novel by M. L. StedmanMoving his young bride to an isolated lighthouse home on Australia's Janus Rock where the couple suffers miscarriages and a stillbirth, Tom allows his wife to claim an infant who has washed up on the shore only to witness a rift in their marriage that is further complicated by a search by the baby's desperate mother. A first novel. 150,000 first printing.
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Since we fell by Dennis LehaneRetreating from the world in the aftermath of a traumatizing reporting assignment, Rachel finds happiness with a raffish businessman before witnessing activities surrounding a conspiracy that tests the limits of her fragile psyche. By the best-selling author of Mystic River. 500,000 first printing.
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Stephen Florida by Gabe HabashFoxcatcher meets The Art of Fielding. Stephen Florida follows a college wrestler in his senior season, when every practice, every match, is a step closer to greatness and a step further from sanity. Profane, manic, and tipping into the uncanny, it's a story of loneliness, obsession, and the drive to leave a mark.
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From My Holds List (Things I'm the Least Patient to Get My Hands On)
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Beatriz At DinnerA holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client's dinner party after her car breaks down. Coming September 12!
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Olivier Assayas, the internationally-acclaimed director of Clouds of Sils Maria and Summer Hours, returns with this ethereal and mysterious ghost story starring Kristen Stewart as a high-fashion personal shopper to the stars who is also a spiritual medium. Grieving the recent death of her twin brother, she haunts his Paris home, determined to make contact with him.
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The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise WolasA once-dedicated literary prodigy and career woman struggles with the sacrifices required by her marriage and motherhood before an unthinkable betrayal confirms her deepest fears two decades later. A first novel.
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Stay with me by Ayobami AdebayoSecure in the love of her husband in spite of cultural pressures for him to have a polygamous marriage, Yejide is overwhelmed by shock and pain when her initial inability to become pregnant compels her husband to take a second wife, a situation that leads to her own desperate and fateful quest to conceive a child.
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What Happened (audiobook CD)by Hillary Rodham ClintonA new book of essays by the former secretary of state includes entries describing her experiences in the 2016 presidential campaign and incorporates hundreds of inspirational quotes that have shaped her life and work. CD and Print book both coming September 12!
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