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Love, R.
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Love, R.
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"No one in the family is prepared when 79-year-old Arthur Edwards drops a bombshell: he's gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he's finally ready to come out. Arthur's 21-year-old grandson, Teddy, has the same secret. But Teddy doesn't feel ready to come out yet - especially when Arthur's announcement causes shockwaves in the family. Can Arthur and Teddy navigate first loves, heartbreak, and finding their place in their community? More importantly,...
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Yeongju is burned out. She did everything she was supposed to: go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. In a leap of faith, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge. From the lonely barista to the unhappily married coffee roaster, and the writer...
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Nguon, C.
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Nguon, C.
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Franklin Ave. Library - Hot Titles, No Holds
Nguon, C.
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Nguon, C.
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A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.
Take a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and one wholesale extermination. Subtract a reliable source of food, life savings, and family members, until all are...
Take a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and one wholesale extermination. Subtract a reliable source of food, life savings, and family members, until all are...
4) THE FOX WIFE
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Forest Ave. Library - New Fiction - New Books
Choo, Y.
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Choo, Y.
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North Side Library - New Fiction - New Books
Choo, Y.
1 available
Choo, Y.
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South Side Library - New Fiction - Display
Choo, Y.
1 available
Choo, Y.
1 available
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2 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
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Choo, Y.
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Choo, Y.
2 available
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Choo, Y.
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Choo, Y.
1 available
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2 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
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"A novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true. New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection"--
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Finn, A.
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Finn, A.
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Finn, A.
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Finn, A.
3 available
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6 copies, 20 people are on the wait list.
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"For fans of Knives Out comes a spellbinding thriller from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Woman in the Window ‘I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.’ So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . while living...
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Gutierrez, E.
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Gutierrez, E.
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Gutierrez, E.
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Gutierrez, E.
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This program is read by the author.
"My Side of the River is both fierce and poetic. It brilliantly reframes border writing while embracing nature and familial history. There are moments one sees greatness appear. This is one of those moments." —Luis Alberto Urrea, New York Times bestselling author of Good Night, Irene
Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of
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Forest Ave. Library - New Science Fiction - New Books
Sbrana, A.
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Sbrana, A.
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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3 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.
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3 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.
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"A library with a deadly enchantment. A Fae lord who wants in. A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power. In a land ruled by ruthless Fae, twenty-one-year-old Lore Alemeyu's village is trapped in a forested prison. Lore knows that any escape attempt is futile-her scars are a testament to her past failures. But when her village is threatened, Lore makes a desperate deal with a Fae lord. She will leave her home to catalog/organize an...
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Evan Smoak thrillers volume 9
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East Side Library - New Fiction - Display
Hurwitz, G.
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Hurwitz, G.
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Forest Ave. Library - New Fiction - New Books
Hurwitz, G.
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Hurwitz, G.
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Hurwitz, G.
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Hurwitz, G.
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Hurwitz, G.
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Hurwitz, G.
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Hurwitz, G.
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Hurwitz, G.
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Central Library - New Large Print - New Books
Hurwitz, G.
1 available
Hurwitz, G.
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East Side Library - New Large Print - New Books
Hurwitz, G.
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Hurwitz, G.
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"Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere, and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful people in the world and even brought down a President. Struggling with an unexpected personal crisis,...
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Williams, T.
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Williams, T.
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Williams, T.
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Williams, T.
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2 copies, 12 people are on the wait list.
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"Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn't one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she's the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they're long-stemmed roses, she's a dandelion: an adorable bloom that's actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that...
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Peter Ash novels volume 8
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East Side Library - New Fiction - New Books
Petrie, N.
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Petrie, N.
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Franklin Ave. Library - New Fiction - New Books
Petrie, N.
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Petrie, N.
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2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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Central Library - Hot Titles, No Holds
Petrie, N.
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Petrie, N.
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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East Side Library - New Large Print - New Books
Petrie, N.
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Petrie, N.
1 available
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"Peter Ash's friend Lewis has helped him out of jam more times than he can count, and has saved his life more than once. So he doesn't hesitate when Lewis asks a favor. Lewis has left his criminal past behind, but a former associate may be in trouble, and he and Peter must make a trip to check in on the man. But their visit immediately takes a dark turn when they arrive to find a smoldering cabin. They soon realize that someone has stolen notebooks...
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"A novel of coming out, surviving grief, and embracing myth in a Maine lobstering town purportedly founded when a sea captain fell in love with a mermaid 300 years ago. For readers of Madeline Miller, Alix E. Harrow, and Erin Morgenstern"--
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East Side Library - New Nonfiction - New Books
153.3 Ab
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153.3 Ab
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Franklin Ave. Library - New Nonfiction - New Books
153.3 Ab
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153.3 Ab
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South Side Library - New Nonfiction - New Books
153.3 Ab
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153.3 Ab
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"In the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs-Streets experienced a series of losses: her stepfather, then father, and finally her family's puppy. Unmoored by grief, she couldn't sleep. But she discovered something surprising: during her wakeful nights, the darkness became a place of sanctuary, filled with creativity, reflection, and wonder. And once she stopped fighting her insomnia, Annabel tapped into something mysterious and beguiling: her Night Self....
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Forest Ave. Library - New Fiction - New Books
Spufford, F.
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Spufford, F.
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South Side Library - New Fiction - Display
Spufford, F.
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Spufford, F.
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1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.
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"Like Golden Hill, Cahokia Jazz inhabits a different version of America, and like Golden Hill it has a propulsive and brilliantly twisty plot set within a fully imagined world. Only this world is full of fog, cigarette smoke, dubious motives, danger, and dark deeds. And in the main character of Joe Barrow, we have a hero of truly heroic proportions, and a troubled soul to fall in love with. One snowy night at the end of winter, Barrow and his partner...
14) Wandering stars
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Orange, T.
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Orange, T.
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5 copies, 13 people are on the wait list.
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"Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle,where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star’s son, Charles, is sent to the school, where he is...
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"When Adebimpe is ten, she is sold with her mother, Sanite, to plantation owner John du Marche. He soon renames her Ady but Sanite never lets her daughter forget who she really is -- a person who can read and write and understand numbers. Most importantly, Sanite reminds Ady that she must never reveal these abilities to a white person, especially not her true name. Tasked with maintaining du Marche's home in vibrant New Orleans, Ady takes in the city...
16) River Mumma
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Forest Ave. Library - New Science Fiction - New Books
Reid-Benta, Z.
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Reid-Benta, Z.
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"Alicia has been out of grad school for months. She has no career prospects and lives with her mom, who won’t stop texting her macabre news stories and reminders to pick up items from the grocery store. Then, one evening, the Jamaican water deity, River Mumma, appears to Alicia, telling her that she has twenty-four hours to scour the city for her missing comb. Alicia doesn’t understand why River Mumma would choose her. She can’t remember all...
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Franklin Ave. Library - Hot Titles, No Holds
Link, K.
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Link, K.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In the long-awaited first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle.
“A dreamlike, profoundly beautiful novel [that] pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel can be.”—Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“Imagine...
“A dreamlike, profoundly beautiful novel [that] pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel can be.”—Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“Imagine...
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4 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.
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Franklin Ave. Library - Hot Titles, No Holds
155.93 C
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155.93 C
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One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: TIME, The Washington Post, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Publishers Weekly, Paste, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, Lit Hub, Real Simple, Nylon, BookPage, The Story Exchange, Sunset, and Zibby Mag
Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley's memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest
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Central Library - New Nonfiction - New Books
813 P975
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813 P975
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Forest Ave. Library - New Nonfiction - New Books
813 P975
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813 P975
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South Side Library - New Nonfiction - New Books
813 P975
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813 P975
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"A wrenching, sexy, and exhilaratingly energetic memoir in verse"--
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6 copies, 30 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
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"A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot-from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz. Studies show that nearly 70 percent of divorces are initiated by women-women who are tired, fed up, exhausted, and unhappy. We've all seen how the media portrays divorcées: sad, lonely, drowning their sorrows in a bottle of wine. Lyz...