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April 26, 2023

Upcoming Fiction April 2023

Upcoming Fiction

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer- Clover, a young woman who helps dying people through the final stages of life, goes on a road trip with an elderly woman looking for lost love.

I Went to See My Father by Kyung-Sook Shin (Translated by Anton Hur)- When her daughter passes away in a tragic accident, Hon returns home to her father in Korea to help care for him. While there, she learns about her father’s life and her family.

Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Grey- A mom examines the events of their life with her daughter after her husband disappears.

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April 19, 2023

Upcoming Mysteries April 2023

Upcoming Mysteries

Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood- Follow a group of new special agents after the disappearance and possible death of James Bond, the trio investigate a billionaire with claims of being able to reverse climate change. To place a hold go here!

The Twenty by Sam Holland- Criminal Investigator Adam Bishop investigates a string of murders that tie back to a case from twenty five years prior. To place a hold go here!

Lost in Paris by Betty Webb- An Alabama debutante who has been sent to Paris by her family gets caught up in a mystery when some of Ernest Hemingway’s writings go missing. To place a hold go here!

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April 12, 2023

Upcoming Non-Fiction April 2023

Upcoming Non Fiction

Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia by Hadley Freeman- The author reflects on her decades long experience with anorexia and shares research that has been done in the passing years since her diagnosis. To place a hold go here!

Like, Literally Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English by Valerie Frid- A look at the history and evolution of modern English. To place a hold go here!

The Cat’s Meow: How Cat’s Evolved from the Savannah to the Sofa by Jonathan B. Losos- A look into the lives and history of both domesticated and undomesticated cats. To place a hold go here!

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April 5, 2023

Upcoming Memoirs April 2023

Upcoming Memoirs

Remedies for Sorrow by Megan Nix- After unknowingly contracting cytomegalovirus during pregnancy, a virus that resulted in her daughter’s hearing loss, Nix learns how to assist her daughter and tries to figure out why her doctors did not warn her about CMV and its effects. To place a hold go here!

We Are Too Many by Hannah Pittard- A woman reflects on the end of her marriage after discovering her husband has been having an affair with her best friend. To place a hold go here!

Fatherland by Burkhard Bilger- Bilger, who works for the New Yorker, examines her grandfather’s time while stationed in France during World War I. During this time, her grandfather was a loyal member of the Nazi party who, according to various contradicting personal accounts, remained a loyal Nazi member or tried to protect the citizens from Nazi attacks. To place a hold go here!

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March 31, 2023

What’s in YA for You!

Reading suggestions to wet your literary appetite!

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March 29, 2023

New Non-Fiction March 2023

New Non Fiction March 2023

How to Think Like a Woman by Regan Penaluna- Penaluna examines her own appreciation of philosophy and the women philosophers who have been largely erased from history. To place a hold go here!

Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer- An examination of how to separate an artist’s work from the corrupt events of their personal lives, and if the two should be separated at all. To place a hold go here!

The Dead Are Gods by Eirinie Carson- Author Eirinie Carson tries to work through grief and make sense of the sudden death of a friend. To place a hold go here!

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