Recent Library Additions and Memorials
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The Cross Gardener by Jason F. Wright – A timeless tale that explores the questions we ask when our lives are touched by loss: How do we carry on? Who will show us the way? |
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Die for You: A Novel by Lisa Unger – Isabel Raine will not rest until she discovers the truth about the man she loves, even if it means risking everything-including her own life. |
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The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow – The heart-wrenching portrait of a young biracial girl dealing with society’s ideas of race and class. |
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Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin – This book traces one ordinary citizen’s extraordinary journey and imparts Palin’s vision of a way forward for America and her unfailing hope in the greatest nation on earth. |
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House Rules: A Novel by Jodi Picoult – Emotionally powerful story of what it means to be different in our society, how autism affects a family, and how our legal system works for people who communicate a certain way- and fails those who don’t. |
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The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine, the 2010 Perkins Lecturer – Levine shows how Christians often misunderstand Judaism in general, misunderstand the New Testament in particular, and thus yank Jesus out of his Jewish context-resulting in intolerance and sometimes outright hatred of Jews. |
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Never Look Away: A Thriller by Linwood Barclay – A man’s life unravels around him when his wife mysteriously disappears. As he uncovers the evidence, David Harwood moves closer to a shattering truth. |
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The Postmistress by Sarah Blake – Alternating between America and Europe, this war story gives us two women who find themselves unable to deliver the news, and a third woman desperately waiting for news, but afraid to hear it. |
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Union Atlantic: A Novel by Adam Haslett – The intense story of the battle of wills between an ambitious young banker, Doug Fanning, and a retired history teacher, Charlotte Graves. When Doug Fanning builds an ostentatious mansion on land that Charlotte’s father donated to the town of Finden, Massachusetts, the conflict intensifies. |
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The Way We Were: A Novel by Marcia Willett – Thirty year old secrets are discovered by the children of two childhood friends. |
Memorial Gifts:
Margaret & John Mitchell in memory of Darrold Cannan
Jean Finkler in memory of Helen Hoggard
Jean Finkler in memory of Darrold Cannan
Lynn Silver in memory of Helen Hoggard
