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Karen Thompson Walker
(89,803)
Summary: "Spellbinding, haunting, The Age of Miracles is a beautiful novel of catastrophe and survival, growth and change, the story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in an extraordinary time....
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Call #: BK CLUB F WALKER
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by
Paulo Coelho
(13)
Summary: Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different -- and far more satisfying -- than he ever imagined. Santiago's...
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Call #: F COELHO
copies in: 1 of 19
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by
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
(290,031)
Summary: "Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to...
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Call #: BK CLUB F ADICHIE
copies in: 6 of 16
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
(289,212)
Summary: "Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to...
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Call #: BK CLUB F ADICHIE LP
Locations: Book Club Sets, Large Print Fiction
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
David Vann
(4,129)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Caitlin lives alone with her mother-- a docker at the local container port-in subsidized housing next to an airport in Seattle. Each day, while she waits to be picked up after school,...
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Call #: BK CLUB F VANN
copies in: 10 of 20
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by
Chad Harbach
(110,126)
Summary: "At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big-league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the...
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Call #: BK CLUB F HARBACH
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Garth Stein
Summary: Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
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Call #: BK CLUB F STEIN
copies in: 20 of 20
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by
Jan Karon
Series:
Mitford Series - #1
(59,127)
Summary: A portrait of the mysteries and miracles of everyday life introduces the small North Carolina town of Mitford and its colorful inhabitants, including Tim, a bachelor rector, who is falling in love with his neighbor.
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Call #: BK CLUB F KARON
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Lucy Grealy
(24,960)
Summary: At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly...
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Call #: BK CLUB 155.916 GRE
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Joshua Hammer
(8,841)
Summary: In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of...
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Call #: BK CLUB 025.82 HAM
copies in: 20 of 20
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Joshua Hammer
(8,858)
Summary: In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of...
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Call #: LP 025.82 HAM
Locations: Book Club Sets, Large Print Nonfiction
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
Barbara Kingsolver
(137,429)
Summary: "Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she...
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Call #: BK CLUB F KINGSOLVER
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Barbara Robinson
Summary: The six horrible Herdmans, the worst children in the history of the world, take over the annual Christmas pageant.
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Call #: BK CLUB J F ROBINSON
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Ann Hood
(13,861)
Summary: "An enthralling novel about love, loss, secrets, friendship, and the healing power of literature, by the bestselling author of The Knitting Circle. Ava's twenty-five-year marriage has fallen apart,...
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Call #: BK CLUB F HOOD
copies in: 9 of 20
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by
Trevor Noah
(442,876)
Summary: "The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed." -- Amazon.com.
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Call #: B NOAH
Locations: Adult Biographies, Book Club Sets
copies in: 1 of 22
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by
Michelle Hoover
(1,064)
Summary: At once intimate and sweeping, Bottomland-the anticipated second novel from Michelle Hoover-follows the Hess family in the years after World War I as they attempt to rid themselves of the anti-German...
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Call #: BK CLUB F HOOVER
Locations: Book Club Sets, Adult Fiction
copies in: 21 of 21
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by
Susannah Cahalan
(177,393)
Summary: One day in 2009, twenty-four-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk,"...
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Call #: BK CLUB 616.832 CAH
copies in: 17 of 18
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by
Peter Hessler
(1,535)
Summary: Drawn by an abiding fascination with Egypt's rich history and civilization, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo to explore a place that had a powerful hold over his...
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Call #: BK CLUB 962 HES
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Masha Hamilton
(2,235)
Summary: "Evocative, seamless, and haunting, The Camel Bookmobile is a powerful saga that challenges our fears of the unknown. It is a story that captures the riddles and calamities that often occur when two...
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Call #: F HAMILTON
copies in: 1 of 16
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by
Marie Benedict
(28,383)
Summary: Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and...
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Call #: BK CLUB F BENEDICT
copies in: 6 of 18
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by
Eli Brown
(6,421)
Summary: In 1819, kidnapped chef Owen Wedgwood transforms meager shipboard supplies into sumptuous meals at the behest of his kidnapper, pirate queen Mad Hannah Mabbot, while she pushes her exhausted crew to track down a deadly privateer.
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Call #: BK CLUB F BROWN
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Anthony Marra
(51,382)
Summary: In a rural village in December 2004 Chechnya, a failed doctor Akhmed harbors the traumatized 8-year-old daughter of a father abducted by Russian forces and treats a series of wounded rebels and...
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Call #: BK CLUB F MARRA
copies in: 14 of 15
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by
Denise Mina
(33,449)
Summary: A breathtaking thriller about a wealthy housewife who successfully conceals her dark past until a true-crime podcast and a photo posted on social media send her running across Europe, with a faded...
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Note: The Lunchtime Lit Book Club is meeting to discuss this book on 05/20/2021. Ask for a copy at the Circulation Desk.
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Call #: BK CLUB F MINA
copies in: 7 of 18
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by
David Rhodes
(3,686)
Summary: Words, Wisconsin, an anonymous town of only a few hundred people. But under its sleepy surface, life rages. Cora and Graham guard their dairy farm, and family, from the wicked schemes of their milk...
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Call #: BK CLUB F RHODES
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Alan P Lightman
(32,598)
Summary: A fictional work in which a twenty-six-year-old Albert Einstein, working in a patent office in Switzerland, imagines possible worlds in which time works differently as he formulates his theory of relativity.
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Call #: BK CLUB F LIGHTMAN
copies in: 16 of 16
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by
Will Schwalbe
(51,934)
Summary: During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent many hours siting in waiting rooms together. To pass the time, they would talk about the books they were reading. Soon, they...
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Call #: BK CLUB 616.994 SCH
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Lily King
(76,117)
Summary: English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in 1930s New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly...
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Call #: BK CLUB F KING
copies in: 19 of 19
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by
Lisa Genova
(36,977)
Summary: A once accomplished concert pianist, Richard now has ALS. As he becomes increasingly paralyzed and is no longer able to live on his own, Karina becomes his reluctant caretaker. As Richard's muscles,...
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Call #: BK CLUB F GENOVA
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Lisa Gardner
Series:
D. D. Warren Series - #8
(42,102)
Summary: "Flora Dane is a victim. Seven years ago, carefree college student Flora was kidnapped while on spring break. For 472 days, Flora learned just how much one person can endure. Flora Dane is a...
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Call #: BK CLUB F GARDNER
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Sigrid Nunez
(27,722)
Summary: A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened...
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Call #: BK CLUB F NUNEZ
copies in: 18 of 18
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by
Ruth Reichl
(38,597)
Summary: The editor-in-chief of "Gourmet" recounts her visits to some of the world's most acclaimed restaurants, both as herself and as an anonymous diner in disguise, to offer insight into the differences in her dining experiences.
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Call #: BK CLUB 641.5 REI
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Amor Towles
(336,474)
Summary: "A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is...
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Call #: BK CLUB F TOWLES
Locations: Book Club Sets, Adult Fiction
copies in: 19 of 19
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by
Kelly Link
(9,882)
Summary: A collection of short stories features tales of a young girl who plays caretaker to mysterious guests at the cottage behind her house and a former teen idol who becomes involved in a bizarre reality show.
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Call #: BK CLUB F LINK
copies in: 20 of 20
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by
Jean Kwok
(50,377)
Summary: Caught between the pressure to succeed in America, her duty to their family, and her own personal desires, Kimberly Chang, an immigrant girl from Hong Kong, learns to constantly translate not just...
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Call #: BK CLUB F KWOK
copies in: 16 of 16
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by
Mike Carey
(196,249)
Summary: Not every gift is a blessing. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap...
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Call #: BK CLUB F CAREY
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Kelly Corrigan
(15,882)
Summary: A memoir that examines the bond -- sometimes nourishing, sometimes exasperating, occasionally divine -- between mothers and daughters. When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly...
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Call #: BK CLUB B CORRIGAN
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Julia Sweeney
(467)
Summary: Actress Julia Sweeney, best known as "Pat" on Saturday Night Live, shares the year in her life when her younger brother Mike, their parents, and siblings moved into Julia's new home to be near Mike...
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Call #: BK CLUB B SWEENEY
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Charles Dickens
Series:
Classic Starts Series
(673,964)
Summary: Great Expectations is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mastery and a profound examination of moral values. Here, some of Dickens's most memorable characters come to play their...
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Call #: BK CLUB F DICKENS
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Suzanne Collins
Series:
Underland Chronicles - #1
(97,155)
Summary: When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
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Call #: BK CLUB YA F COLLINS
Locations: Book Club Sets, YA Fiction
copies in: 16 of 16
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