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Literary Salon meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month to share favorite books, authors, or series. Nine readers shared the following 17 books in September. Please join us at the next Lit Salon on Wednesday, October 11th at 5pm. Check lopezlibrary.org or email Beth for current information. Happy Autumn Reading!
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All about cake
by Christina Tosi
In this sugar-fueled cookbook, the chef, owner and founder of Milk Bar helps bakers of all levels to indulge in both classic flavors and true originals, revealing the method behind her team's creativity to help invent any cake flavor imaginable.
TAM kindly made one of the recipes from this quite complex cookbook to share with us: "Corn and Blueberry Sheetcake" complete with dishes and napkins. So delicious! Many thanks!
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The world of yesterday
by Stefan Zweig
Written as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna--its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall.Surrounded by the leading literary lights of the epoch, Stefan Zweig draws a vivid and intimate account of his life and travels through Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London, touching on the very heart of European culture. His passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the edge of extinction.
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Brunetti's Cookbook
by Roberta Pianaro
A tribute to Venetian cuisine and the sumptuous descriptions of food that have peppered Donna Leon's popular Guido Brunetti mysteries features such recipes as eggplant crostini, pumpkin ravioli and roasted artichokes.
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Baking yesteryear : the best recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
by B. Dylan Hollis
A popular social media baker who shares treats made from antique cookbooks helps readers create baking recipes from the last century in a delicious decade-by-decade tour from Chocolate Potato Cake from the 1910s to Avocado Pie from the 1960s.
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The president's wife : a novel
by Tracey Enerson Wood
When her husband, President Woodrow Wilson, starts losing concentration and becomes confused, Edith Bolling, unwilling to let his presidency fail, steps in behind the scenes, supporting him in every way while concealing his true condition.
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The bookbinder : a novel
by Pip Williams
As World War I draws the young men of Britain away to fight, Peggy, who works in the bindery at Oxford's university press, sees the possibility of another future when refugees arrive from Belgium, but as war and illness reshape her world, her love for a Belgian soldier threatens to hold her back.
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All the sinners bleed
by S. A. Cosby
Former FBI agent Titus Crown returns to his hometown and decides to run for sheriff to fight a bigoted police force and must trust his instincts when a serial killer appears to be hiding in plain sight.
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A Gracious Plenty : A Novel
by Sheri Reynolds
Burned in a childhood accident, Finch Nobles leads a solitary life tending an isolated cemetery, where she learns she can listen and talk to the dead. By the author of The Rapture of Canaan. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
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Honor : a novel
by Thrity N. Umrigar
An Indian American journalist returns home to cover the story of a Hindi woman attacked by her own family for marrying a Muslim and deals with a society that places more weight on tradition than one's heart.
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Small mercies : a novel
by Dennis Lehane
In 1974 Boston, as a heatwave blankets the city, Mary Pat Fennessey, in a desperate search for her missing daughter, asks questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, who doesn't take kindly to anyone who threatens his business.
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Hula : a novel
by Jasmin 'Iolani Hakes
A young daughter of the legendary Hawaiian Naupaka dynasty dreams of healing the rift in her family by competing in and winning the next Miss Aloha Hula contest and proving herself worthy of carrying on her family's name.
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Pope Joan
by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Rebelling against medieval strictures forbidding the education of women, young Joan assumes the identity of her murdered brother and is initiated into the monastery of Fulda, where she distinguishes herself as a great Christian scholar before relocating to Rome and becoming a powerful force in religious politics.
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The storied life of A.J. Fikry : a novel
by Gabrielle Zevin
When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A.J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family, and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life.
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Belonging : natural histories of place, identity and home
by Amanda Thomson
Belonging features reflections on family, history, identity, place and nature, from acclaimed writer and artist Amanda Thomson. It is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland and the Scots pinewoods of Abernethy - home to standing dead trees known as snags, which support the overall health of the forest. Belonging is a book about how we are held in thrall to elements of our past. It speaks to the importance of attention and reflection and will encourage us all to look and observe and ask questions of ourselves. Beautifully written and featuring Amanda Thomson's artwork and photography throughout, it explores how place, language and family shape us and make us who we are.
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