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Astrid & Veronika
Olsson, Linda
This haunting and lyrical story reveals how the friendship between two women, one young and one old, helps each of them navigate from the depths of grief back into the joy of life.
[Adult Fiction Book OLSSON]
Kay D., Maple Grove Library
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Matters of Honor
Begley, Louis
A very well-written and wonderful story by the author of "About Schmidt" (made into a movie with Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates). The story takes us through the lives of 3 men who become friends in college; it carries us effortlessly through about 50 years during which we are kept up to date with the events that link the main characters. One of the best fiction books I have read in the last year.
[Adult Fiction Book BEGLEY]
Lorenzo T., System & Network Services
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That Mad Ache
Sagan, Francoise
Douglas Hofstadter has lovingly translated Sagan's bittersweet story of a doomed love affair. The bonus here is Hofstadter's essay on "the Pleasantly Pervasive Paradoxes of Translation", Translator, Trader, which is the flip side of the book.
[Adult Fiction Book SAGAN]
Kay D., Maple Grove Library
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Eye of the Storm
Ringo, John
A fun addition to the Aldenata Universe series, this book certainly targets amateurs of military science fiction. A previously unknown group of extraterrestrial races are about to attack earth and its allies; Mike O'Neal must get the industrial and military infrastructures ready to fight the invaders. This book sets things up in a suspenseful way and the next book will get into the crux of the action.
[Adult Fiction Book RINGO]
Lorenzo T., System & Network Services
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So Brave, Young, and Handsome
Enger, Leif
A cracking good adventure tale, full of winking outlaws and relentless villains. In 1915, an aging bank robber is trying to right his past by making amends to the woman he left behind forty years earlier, and a struggling novelist joins him in this quest.
[Adult Fiction Book ENGER]
Mary B., Ridgedale Library
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The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square
Lippi, Rosina
Rich descriptions of place, people, and textiles make this book a gratifying read. Julia and Jon are two opposites with mysterious pasts. Lippi takes us on a journey to a southern small town where these two strong characters discover each other's secrets. Will Jon and Julia be able to help each other with the assistance of the quirky folks of Lambert's Square? If you Liked Cupid and Diana by Christinia Bartolomeo, you will enjoy the Pajama Girls.
[Adult Fiction Book LIPPI]
Joyce L., Ridgedale Library
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The Coldest Mile
Piccirilli, Tom
Yes, American noir is back with a vengeance! In this book, the second of what I hope will be a series, Chase is tracking down his grifter/murderer grandfather Jonah in the hope of rescuing his grandfather's infant daughter from a life of crime. Chase was raised by his grandfather to be on the circuit (stealing, scamming, grifting, etc.) but tried to lead a straight life until his wife was killed and until his grandfather killed the mother of his infant child (see The Cold Spot). This story takes us from New Jersey to Florida but we don't get to see any cute touristy spots.
[Adult Fiction Book PICCIRILI]
Lorenzo T., System & Network Services
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Jim the Boy
Earley, Tony
Living in 1934 Aliceville, North Carolina, 10-year-old Jim Glass lives on a farm with his widowed mother and three uncles. The pleasures in Jim's life are simple: getting a new baseball and playing baseball against the mountain boys; driving with one of his uncles to buy a horse and to see the Atlantic Ocean; making friends with a rival at school; climbing a greased pole at the fair; and being teased by his uncles. The central focus of the novel is the love that binds together members of this atypical family and the quietly affectionate way in which they interact. This is a deceptively gentle, nostalgic look at childhood during an era when life was by turns harsh and hopeful. Jim is a real boy who can be selfish and stubborn and then determined and giving.
[Adult Fiction Book EARLEY]
Jennifer L., Ridgedale Library
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Summer Crossing
Capote, Truman
Set in New York during the summer of 1945, this is the story of a young carefree socialite, Grady, who must make serious decisions about a romance she is dangerously pursuing and the effect it will have on everyone involved. Capote's early work is an interesting story, but it is the nearly perfect prose and faultless narrative that make him stand out as a great writer. The novel was started in 1943 and retrieved along with other Capote papers in 2004.
[Adult Fiction Book CAPOTE]
Barb H., Outreach Services
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Testimony
Shreve, Anita
Three star basketball players and a freshman girl create a student sex scandal at a private Vermont academy. Told from the perspective of the students, the parents, the school administrator and bystanders, lives unravel as the story unfolds. There are no "bad guys" but many victims as lives veer in directions they were never meant to go.
[Adult Fiction Book SHREVE]
Mary B., Ridgedale Library
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