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Central Library - New Fiction - New Books
Broder, M.
1 available
Broder, M.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - New Fiction - New Books
Broder, M.
1 available
Broder, M.
1 available
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South Side Library - New Large Print - New Books
Broder, M.
1 available
Broder, M.
1 available
Description
"The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story In Melissa Broder's astounding new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California desert to escape a cloud of sorrow-both for her father in the ICU and a disabled husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides,...
2) Florida
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Central Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
Groff, L.
1 available
Groff, L.
1 available
East Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Groff, L.
1 available
Groff, L.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Groff, L.
1 available
Groff, L.
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
Description
A collection of stories spanning centuries of time in mercurial Florida examines the decisions and connections behind life-changing events in characters ranging from two abandoned sisters to a conflicted family woman.
The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries. Yet Florida-- its landscapes, climate, history, and state of mind-- becomes the gravitational center as Groff writes about loneliness, rage, family, and...
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East Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Minnicks, J.
1 available
Minnicks, J.
1 available
Forest Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Minnicks, J.
1 available
Minnicks, J.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - New Fiction - New Books
Minnicks, J.
1 available
Minnicks, J.
1 available
Description
"It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. She falls in love with Raymond Campbell, whose clandestine organizing activities challenge New Jessup's status quo and could lead to the young couple's expulsion-or worse-from the home they hold dear. But as Raymond...
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Forest Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Baldwin, J.
1 available
Baldwin, J.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Baldwin, J.
1 available
Baldwin, J.
1 available
Description
This novel is a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, the story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope...
5) Nevada
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"Nevada is the darkly comedic story of Maria Griffiths a young trans woman living in New York City and trying to stay true to her punk values while working retail. When she finds out her girlfriend has lied to her, the world she thought she'd carefully built for herself begins to unravel, and Maria sets out on a journey that will most certainly change her forever."--Page 4 of cover.
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East Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
Forest Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
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East Side Library - New Large Print - New Books
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
North Side Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
Stringfellow, T.
1 available
Description
"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory,...
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Central Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
Toibin, C.
1 available
Toibin, C.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Toibin, C.
1 available
Toibin, C.
1 available
North Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Toibin, C.
1 available
Toibin, C.
1 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
Coming of age in small-town Ireland in the years following World War II, Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find a job in the miserable economy. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis to live and work in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind.
Eilis takes up her new life in a crowded Brooklyn boarding house, working in a department store on
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Central Library - Nonfiction - 2nd Floor
791.437 W
1 available
791.437 W
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Nonfiction - Adult
791.437 W
1 available
791.437 W
1 available
Description
A closeup examination of Blake Edwards' classic film, Breakfast at Tiffany's, winner of two Oscars.
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Kate Rees novels volume 1
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Central Library - Mysteries - 1st Floor
Black, C.
1 available
Black, C.
1 available
East Side Library - Mysteries - Adult
Black, C.
1 available
Black, C.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Mysteries - Adult
Black, C.
1 available
Black, C.
1 available
Description
"Three Hours in Paris is the story of Kate Rees, the young American markswoman who has been recruited by British intelligence to drop into Paris on the dangerous business of trying to assassinate the Fuhrer. A country girl from rural Oregon - a grieving widow with no spy training but a vendetta and a lot of gumption - now has the state of the entire war in her hands. When the hit goes badly wrong, Kate is on the run for her life - all the time wrestling...
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Central Library - Audiobooks - 2nd Floor
Towles, A.
1 available
Towles, A.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Audiobooks
Towles, A.
1 available
Towles, A.
1 available
North Side Library - Audiobooks
Towles, A.
1 available
Towles, A.
1 available
Checked Out
4 copies, 18 people are on the wait list.
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Central Library - Large Print Books - 1st Floor
Towles, A.
1 available
Towles, A.
1 available
North Side Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Towles, A.
1 available
Towles, A.
1 available
South Side Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Towles, A.
1 available
Towles, A.
1 available
Description
""In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight.this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility--a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles...
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Central Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
Serle, R.
1 available
Serle, R.
1 available
East Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Serle, R.
1 available
Serle, R.
1 available
Forest Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Serle, R.
1 available
Serle, R.
1 available
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Central Library - Audiobooks - 2nd Floor
Serle, R.
1 available
Serle, R.
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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Central Library - Large Print Books - 1st Floor
Serle, R.
1 available
Serle, R.
1 available
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of the "heartwarming, heartbreaking, and hard to put down" (Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author) modern classic In Five Years returns with a moving and unforgettable exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast. When Katy's mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn't just Katy's mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the...
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Central Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Shaffer, M.
1 available
North Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Shaffer, M.
1 available
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Central Library - Audiobooks - 2nd Floor
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Audiobooks
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Shaffer, M.
1 available
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Franklin Ave. Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Shaffer, M.
1 available
South Side Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Shaffer, M.
1 available
Description
It's a book club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island. Juliet Ashton, a London writer, converses in letters with the Society's members, learning about their lives, their island, their taste in books, and the impact that the recent German occupation has had on all of them. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail to meet these people with whom she has found connection....
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North Side Library - Romance - Adult
Cleeton, C.
1 available
Cleeton, C.
1 available
South Side Library - Romance - Adult
Cleeton, C.
1 available
Cleeton, C.
1 available
Description
A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK
“A beautiful novel that's full of forbidden passions, family secrets and a lot of courage and sacrifice.”—Reese Witherspoon
After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity—and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution...
Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar...
“A beautiful novel that's full of forbidden passions, family secrets and a lot of courage and sacrifice.”—Reese Witherspoon
After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity—and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution...
Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar...
14) Berlin
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Central Library - Graphic Novels - 1st Floor
Lutes, J.
1 available
Lutes, J.
1 available
Description
"Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens--Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters' lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart. The city...
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Central Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
Stradal, J.
1 available
Stradal, J.
1 available
East Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Stradal, J.
1 available
Stradal, J.
1 available
North Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Stradal, J.
1 available
Stradal, J.
1 available
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Franklin Ave. Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Stradal, J.
1 available
Stradal, J.
1 available
North Side Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Stradal, J.
1 available
Stradal, J.
1 available
Description
"When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He's determined to pass on his love of food to his daughter--starting with puréed pork shoulder. As Eva grows, she finds her solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. From Scandinavian lutefisk to hydroponic chocolate habaneros, each ingredient represents one part of Eva's journey as she becomes...