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Hotel Portofino

Author(s):

J. P. O'Connell

Esther Wane, narrator

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Problems are mounting for Hotel Portofino coproprietor Bella Ainsworth, and all eyes are on the arrival of a potential love match for her son Lucian. But events don't go to plan, with far reaching consequences.

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FIC OCo

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The Lost And Found Girl : A Novel

Author(s):

Maisey Yates

Samantha Cook, narrator

Description:

Ruby McKee has lived a charmed life. But an encounter with the town's black sheep sends her on a quest for the truth about her mysterious past. When her quest reveals a devastating secret, will her sisters stand by her?

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FIC Yat

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And there was light : Abraham Lincoln and the American struggle

Author(s):

Jon Meacham

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Jon Meacham chronicles the life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln and explores why and how Lincoln confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery in order to expand the possibilities of America. This book tells the story of Lincoln from his birth on the Kentucky frontier in 1809 to his leadership during the Civil War to his tragic assassination at Ford's Theater on Good Friday 1865: his rise, his self-education through reading, his loves, his bouts of depression, his political failures, his deepening faith, and his persistent conviction that slavery must end. In a nation shaped by the courage of the enslaved of the era and by the brave witness of Black Americans of the nineteenth century, Lincoln's story illuminates the ways and means of politics, the marshaling of power in a belligerent democracy, the durability of white supremacy in America, and the capacity of conscience to shape the maelstrom of events.

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B Lin

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Daughters of the New Year

Author(s):

E.M. Tran

Lulu Lam, narrator

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In present day New Orleans, three sisters begin to encounter glimpses of long-buried secrets from their ancestors. Moving backward in time, the story of the Trung women reveals the events that brought them to America.

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FIC Tra

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Someday, maybe

Author(s):

Onyi Nwabineli

Adjoa Andoh

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A debut novel about a young woman's emotional journey through unimaginable loss, pulled along by her tight-knit Nigerian family, a posse of new friends, and the love and laughter she shared with her husband.

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FIC Nwa

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So long, Chester Wheeler : a novel

Author(s):

Catherine Ryan Hyde

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Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he's roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn't need the aggravation, just the money. The only requirements: run errands, be on call and put up with a miserable old churl no one else in Buffalo can bear. After exchanging barbs, bickering, baiting, and pushing buttons, Chester hits Lewis with the big ask. Lewis can't say no to a dying wish: drive Chester to Arizona in his rust bucket of a Winnebago to see his ex-wife for the first time in thirty-two years, for the last time. One week, two thousand miles. To Lewis, it becomes an illuminating journey into the life and secrets of a vulnerable man he's finally beginning to understand. A neighbor, a stranger, and a surprising new friend whose closure on a conflicted past is also just beginning.

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FIC Hyd

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The sunshine girls : a novel

Author(s):

Molly Fader

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When tragedy strikes, forcing them down separate paths in 1967 Iowa, former nursing school roommates, against all odds, form a decades-long friendship that sees them through life's trials and tribulations until one snowy night leads their relationship to the ultimate crossroads.

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FIC Fad

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Wade in the water : a novel

Author(s):

Nyani Nkrumah

Description:

In Mississippi in 1982, Ella is a Black eleven-year-old who befriends a mysterious white woman from Princeton, unwittingly pushing against the woman's carefully guarded past and dangerous secrets.

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FIC Nkr

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The faraway world : stories

Author(s):

Patricia Engel

Description:

A collection of ten haunting short stories linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, and moral compromise bring to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community, and the epic deeds and quiet moments of love.

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FIC Eng

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Moonrise over New Jessup

Author(s):

Jamila Minnicks

Karen Chilton, narrator

Description:

A Black woman does whatever it takes to protect all she loves at the beginning of the civil rights movement in Alabama.

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FIC Min

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Master slave husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom

Author(s):

Ilyon Woo

Janina Edwards, narrator

Leon Nixon, narrator

Description:

The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as 'his' slave.

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306.362 Woo

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The good life : lessons from the world's longest study of happiness

Author(s):

Robert Waldinger

Marc Schulz

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What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life. The invaluable insights in this book emerge from the revealing personal stories of hundreds of participants in the Harvard Study as they were followed year after year for their entire adult lives, and this wisdom is bolstered by research findings from this and many other studies.

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302.1 Wal

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Cold people

Author(s):

Tom Rob Smith

Rebecca Lowman, narrator

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The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist, Antarctica.

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FIC Smi

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Really good, actually : a novel

Author(s):

Monica Heisey

Julia Whelan, narrator

Description:

Maggie is fine. Sure, she's broke and her marriage is over at the age of twenty-nine. But she barrels uncertainly through a year of single life, modern love, friendship, and what we call happiness.

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FIC Hei

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Cinema speculation

Author(s):

Quentin Tarantino

Edoardo Ballerini, narrator

Description:

Quentin Tarantino provides an entertaining look at key American films of the 1970s, which he first saw as a young moviegoer. Written in his singluar voice, this book combines film criticism, film theory, reporting, and personal history.

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791.4309 Tar

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The porcelain moon : a novel of France, the Great War, and forbidden love

Author(s):

Janie Chang

Katharine Chine, narrator

Saskia Maarleveld, narrator

James Chen, narrator

Description:

In 1918, Pauline Deng runs away from her uncle in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai. She is offered shelter in a small town by Camille Roussel, but danger escalates for both women.

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FIC Cha

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All the beauty in the world : the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me

Author(s):

Patrick Bringley

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A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.

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708.1471 Bri

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The writing retreat : a novel

Author(s):

Julia Bartz

Gail Shalan, narrator

Description:

Alex has all but given up on her dreams of becoming a published author when she receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: attend an exclusive, month-long writing retreat at the estate of feminist horror writer Roza Vallo. Even the knowledge that Wren, her former best friend and current rival, is attending doesn't dampen her excitement. But when the attendees arrive, Roza drops a bombshell, they must all complete an entire novel from scratch during the next month, and the author of the best one will receive a life-changing seven-figure publishing deal. Determined to win this seemingly impossible contest, Alex buckles down and tries to ignore the strange happenings at the estate, including Roza's erratic behavior, Wren's cruel mind games, and the alleged haunting of the mansion itself. But when one of the writers vanishes during a snowstorm, Alex realizes that something very sinister is afoot. With the clock running out, she's desperate to discover the truth and save herself.

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The adventures of Amina al-Sirafi : a novel

Author(s):

S. A. Chakraborty

Amin El Gamal, narrator

Description:

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. But when she's tracked down by the wealthy mother of a former crewman, she's offered a job no one could refuse: retrieve her comrade's kidnapped daughter for a vast sum.

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FIC Cha

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Africatown : America's last slave ship and the community it created

Author(s):

Nick Tabor

Chris Butler, narrator

Description:

The last West Africans smuggled to America were emancipated five years later but had no way to return home. Instead they created their own community, which endures to the present day, despite the odds.

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305.896 Tab

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Miss Eliza's English kitchen

Author(s):

Annabel Abbs

Bianca Amato, narrator

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In 1835, London is awash with new ingredients, but no one knows how to use them. Eliza Acton hires young Ann Kirby to help her write a cookbook. They break class boundaries while creating new ways of writing recipes.

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Femina : a new history of the Middle Ages, through the women written out of it

Author(s):

Janina Ramirez

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Oxford and BBC historian Janina Ramirez presents a reappraisal of medieval femininity, revealing why women have been written out of history and why it matters.

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305.409 Ram

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Now you see us : a novel

Author(s):

Balli Kaur Jaswal

Angela Lin, narrator

Description:

Corazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipina domestic workers sent to Singapore to be maids and caregivers. When one of their own is accused of murder, they piece together what really happened.

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FIC Jas

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The plot to save South Africa : the week Mandela averted civil war and forged a new nation

Author(s):

Justice Malala

Nick Boraine, narrator

Description:

South African journalist Justice Malala recounts the riveting story of the nine-day scramble to avoid civil war after the 1993 shooting of Nelson Mandela's heir apparent by a white supremacist trying to end peace talks.

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968.071 Mal

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Flight paths : how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration

Author(s):

Rebecca Heisman

Allyson Ryan, narrator

Description:

Here is the never-before-told story of how a group of scientists used nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from takeoffs to flight paths and behaviors, to challenges in reaching their destinations.

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598.1568 Hei

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Yours truly

Author(s):

Abby Jimenez

Kyla Garcia, narrator

Zachary Webber, narrator

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Dr. Briana Ortiz's life is flatlining: her bother needs a kidney donor, and a new man-doctor is going to get the promotion she wants. Then she sees a different side to this new doctor.

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FIC Jim

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The house is on fire

Author(s):

Rachel Beanland

Joniece Abbott-Pratt, narrator

Andi Arndt, narrator

Michael Crouch, narrator

Ruffin Prentiss III, narrator

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Richmond, Virginia, 1811. It's the height of the winter social season. On the night after Christmas, the city's only theater is packed when it goes up in flames. Four characters make difficult decisions.

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FIC Bea

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Searching for Savanna : the murder of one Native American woman and the violence against the many

Author(s):

Mona Gable

Cassandra Campbell, narrator

Description:

In the summer of 2017, twenty-two-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind vanished. A week after the pregnant woman disappeared, police arrested the white couple who lived upstairs from Savanna and emerged from their apartment carrying an infant girl. The baby was Savanna's, but she would not be found until her body was pulled from the Red River days later. This horrifying and unimaginable crime sent shockwaves through the country and helped bring to light the overwhelming sexual and physical violence Native American women and girls have endured since the country's colonization. With pathos and respect, Mona Gable confronts the history and attitudes towards these women and why our government has turned its back on the countless victims by highlighting this specific tragic case. Featuring in-depth interviews, personal accounts, and trial analysis, this is much more than a true crime book, it is also a call to action for those who cannot speak for themselves.

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305.48897 Gab

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The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

Author(s):

David Grann

Dion Graham, narrator

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On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then, six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes, they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death, for whomever the court found guilty could hang.

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910.9164 Gra

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Don't trust your gut : using data to get what you really want in life

Author(s):

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Andrés Pabon, narrator

Description:

Economist and former Google data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz reveals just how wrong we really are when it comes to improving our own lives. Stephens-Davidowitz exposes that, while we often think we know how to better ourselves, the numbers disagree. He unearths the startling conclusions that the right data can teach us about who we are and what will make our lives better.

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153.83 Ste

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A wing and a prayer : the race to save our vanishing birds

Author(s):

Anders Gyllenhaal

Cassandra Campbell, narrator

Description:

Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking news: nearly three billion birds in North America have vanished over the past fifty years. No species has been spared, from the most delicate jeweled hummingbirds to scrappy black crows, from a rainbow of warblers to common birds such as owls and sparrows. In a desperate race against time, scientists, conservationists, birders, wildlife officers, and philanthropists are scrambling to halt the collapse of species with bold, experimental, and sometimes risky rescue missions. High in the mountains of Hawaii, biologists are about to release clouds of laboratory-bred mosquitos in a last-ditch attempt to save Hawaii's remaining native forest birds. In Central Florida, researchers have found a way to hatch Florida Grasshopper Sparrows in captivity to rebuild a species down to its last two dozen birds. In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a team is using artificial intelligence to save the California Spotted Owl. In North Carolina, a scientist is experimenting with genomics borrowed from human medicine to bring the long-extinct Passenger Pigeon back to life. For the past year, veteran journalists Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal traveled more than 25,000 miles across the Americas, chronicling costly experiments, contentious politics, and new technologies to save our beloved birds from the brink of extinction.

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639.978 Gyl

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Denialism

Author(s):

Michael Specter

Richard Poe, narrator

Description:

Specter fervently argues that people are turning away from new technologies and engaging in a kind of magical thinking that is hindering scientific progress.

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306.45 Spe

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Knowing what we know : the transmission of knowledge : from ancient wisdom to modern magic

Author(s):

Simon Winchester

Description:

From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes, Simon Winchester explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge.

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306.42 Win

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The Half Moon : a novel

Author(s):

Mary Beth Neane

Rebecca Lowman, narrator

Norbert Leo Butz, narrator

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Malcolm Gephardt, the handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss is finally ready to retire, Malcolm is inspired to buy the place. He sees unquantifiable magic and potential in the Half Moon and hopes to make it a bigger success, but quickly realizes that his customers don't like change and that making a profit won't be easy. Malcolm's wife Jess is smart, confident, and has dedicated herself to her law career. But after years of trying to have a baby, she's struggling to accept the idea that motherhood may not be in the cards for her. Like Malcolm, she feels her youth beginning to slip away, and while her hopes and expectations fall short of the current reality, she wonders how to reshape her life.

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FIC Kea

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Eight hundred grapes : a novel

Author(s):

Laura Dave

Joy Osmanski, narrator

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Growing up on her family's Sonoma vineyard, Georgia Ford learned some important secrets. The secret number of grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine: eight hundred. The secret ingredient in her mother's lasagna: chocolate. The secret behind ending a fight: hold hands. But just a week before her wedding, thirty-year-old Georgia discovers her beloved fianc?e has been keeping a secret so explosive, it will change their lives forever. Georgia does what she's always done: she returns to the family vineyard, expecting the comfort of her long-married parents, and her brothers, and everything familiar. But it turns out her fianc?e is not the only one who's been keeping secrets.

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FIC Dav

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A likely story : a novel

Author(s):

Leigh McMullan Abramson

Mia Barron

Cynthia Farrell

James Fouhey

Adam Grupper

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The child of famous parents, Isabelle Manning is now thirty-five, frustratingly unaccomplished, and nearing a breakdown. But shocking truths about her parents make her wonder if everything about her family was a lie.

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FIC McM

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The summer of songbirds : a novel

Author(s):

Kristy Woodson Harvey

Description:

Nearly thirty years ago, in the wake of a personal tragedy, June Moore bought Camp Holly Springs and turned it into a thriving summer haven for girls. But now, June is in danger of losing the place she has sacrificed everything for, and begins to realize how much she has used the camp to avoid facing difficulties in her life. June’s niece, Daphne, met her two best friends, Lanier and Mary Stuart, during a fateful summer at camp. They’ve all helped each other through hard things, from heartbreak and loss to substance abuse and unplanned pregnancy, and the three are inseparable even in their thirties. But when attorney Daphne is confronted with a relationship from her past--and a confidential issue at work becomes personal--she is faced with an impossible choice. Lanier, meanwhile, is struggling with tough decisions of her own. After a run-in with an old flame, she is torn between the commitment she made to her fianc?e and the one she made to her first love. And when a big secret comes to light, she finds herself at odds with her best friend...and risks losing the person she loves most. But in spite of their personal problems, nothing is more important to these songbirds than Camp Holly Springs. When the women learn their childhood oasis is in danger of closing, they band together to save it, sending them on a journey that promises to open the next chapters in their lives.

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FIC Har

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The book of Charlie : wisdom from the remarkable American life of a 109-year-old man

Author(s):

David Von Drehle

Description:

When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship, and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. Charlie White was no ordinary neighbor. Born before radio, Charlie lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom. Thus armored, Charlie's sense of adventure carried him on an epic journey across the continent, and later found him swinging across bandstands of the Jazz Age, racing aboard ambulances through Depression-era gangster wars, improvising techniques for early open-heart surgery, and cruising the Amazon as a guest of Peru's president. David Von Drehle came to understand that Charlie's resilience and willingness to grow made this remarkable neighbor a master in the art of thriving through times of dramatic change. As a gift to his children, he set out to tell Charlie's secrets. This is a gospel of grit, the inspiring story of one man's journey through a century of upheaval. The history that unfolds through Charlie's story reminds you that the United States has always been a divided nation, a questing nation, an inventive nation, a nation of Charlies in the rollercoaster pursuit of a good and meaningful life.

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305.26 Von

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Hello beautiful : a novel

Author(s):

Ann Napolitano

Maura Tierney, narrator

Description:

William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him, so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it's as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable: Sylvie, the family's dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound contentment; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos. But then darkness from William's past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julia's carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters' unshakeable devotion to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most?

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FIC Nap

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Not forever, but for now

Author(s):

Chuck Palahniuk

Raphael Corkhill, narrator

Description:

Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers growing up privileged in the Welsh countryside. They enjoy watching nature shows, playing with their pet pony, impersonating their Grandfather ... and killing the help. Murder is the family business after all. Downton Abbey, this is not. However, it's not so easy to continue the family legacy with the constant stream of threats and distractions seemingly leaping from the hedgerow. First there is the matter of the veritable cavalcade of escaped convicts that keep showing up at their door. Not to mention the debaucherous new tutor who has a penchant for speaking in Greek and dismembering sex dolls. Then there's Mummy's burgeoning opioid addiction. And who knows where Daddy is. He just vanished one day after he and Mummy took a walk in the so called "Ghost Forest." With Grandfather putting pressure on Otto to step up, it becomes clear that this will all end in only two ways: a nuclear apocalypse or just another day among the creeping thistle and tree peonies.

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FIC Pal

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The breakaway : a novel

Author(s):

Jennifer Weiner

Nikki Blonsky, narrator

Santino Fontana, narrator

Jenni Barber, narrator

Soneela Nankani, narrator

Description:

Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a career, and the apartment where she's lived since college still looks like she's just moved in. But she's got good friends, her bike, and her bicycling club in Philadelphia. She's at peace with her plus-size body, at least, most of the time, and she's on track to marry Mark Medoff, her childhood summer sweetheart, a man she met at the weight-loss camp that her perpetually dieting mother forced her to attend. Fifteen years after her final summer at Camp Golden Hills, when Abby reconnects with a half-his-size Mark, it feels like the happy ending she's always wanted. Yet Abby can't escape the feeling that some?thing isn't right-- or the memories of one thrilling night she spent with a man named Sebastian two years previously. When Abby gets a last-minute invitation to lead a cycling trip from NYC to Niagara Falls, she's happy to have time away from Mark, a chance to reflect and make up her mind. But things get complicated fast. First, Abby spots a familiar face in the group, Sebastian, the one-night stand she thought she'd never see again. Sebastian is a serial dater who lives a hundred miles away. In spite of their undeniable chemistry, Abby is determined to keep her distance. Then there's a surprise last-minute addition to the trip: her mother, Eileen, the woman Abby blames for a lifetime of body shaming and insecurities she's still trying to undo. Over two weeks and more than seven hundred miles, strangers become friends, hidden truths come to light, a teenage girl with a secret unites the riders in unexpected ways-- and Abby is forced to reconsider everything she believes about herself, her mother, and the nature of love.

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FIC Wei