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Do Not Become Alarmed
by Maile Meloy
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Full disclosure: I've never had any desire to go on a cruise. I start getting antsy and claustrophobic after a two-hour harbor boat ride, so a multi-week Caribbean jaunt ...
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Norah Piehl
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Cruise Ship Catastrophes
The disaster at the heart of Do Not Become Alarmed unfolds while the characters are on a shore excursion, but certainly some of the more notorious cruise ship disasters have taken place on the ships themselves. Some cruise ship voyages are truly ... Beyond the Book
Priestdaddy
by Patricia Lockwood
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Patricia Lockwood is a poet and the daughter of Greg Lockwood, a Catholic priest. While Catholic priests are not ordinarily permitted to marry, special permission can be ...
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Lisa Butts
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Marriage in the Catholic Clergy
While Catholic priests are not permitted to be married, exceptions are made for those who convert after marriage, as was the case with Lockwood's father. This loophole was established in 1980 by Pope John Paul II, and as a result there are roughly ... Beyond the Book
Before We Sleep
by Jeffrey Lent
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Katey Snow, aged seventeen, leaves home one night. "There was a void within her and one that could be filled only by heading east." At first, we're not sure why she has ...
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Zoë Fairtlough
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Folk and Bluegrass Music
In Before We Sleep, Oliver, a World War II veteran, repairs fiddles for others to play folk and bluegrass tunes. Fiddles and violins are essentially the same instrument (for more about this, read the 'Beyond the Book' for Black River), but the ... Beyond the Book
The Hermit
by Thomas Rydahl
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If you can be comfortable with Scandinavian noir played out against the sun-drenched backdrop of balmy Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands, you're in for a treat. Rydahl's ...
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Donna Chavez
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Obsessive Personality
In Thomas Rydahl's The Hermit, protagonist Erhard Jørgensen displays an obsessive personality. He is mildly obsessed with the finger he is missing on one hand and so obsessed with having ten fingers he resorts to a rather unconventional ... Beyond the Book
The Gypsy Moth Summer
by Julia Fierro
One of the most anticipated books of 2017.
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The Essex Serpent
by Sarah Perry
Costa Book Award Finalist and the Waterstones (UK) Book of the Year 2016
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The One-in-a-Million Boy
The story of your life never starts at the beginning. Don't they teach you anything at school?
The incandescent story of a 104-year-old woman and the sweet, strange young ...
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News of the World
A brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.
The acclaimed, bestselling author - winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize ...
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Donna Chavez
An intoxicating and transcendent debut novel that follows a critic, an artist, and their ...
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Celebrating Diversity! Eight New & Notable LGBTQ Books for Young Adults
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
“Even the circus freak side of my face – my damaged half – was better than the alternative, which would have meant death by fire. I didn’t burn to ashes. I emerged from ...
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Lily and the Octopus
by Steven Rowley
It's got an adorable dog. It's got a guy who loves the adorable dog. In addition, he named the dog Lily (as opposed to something like Schnitzel) because he knew the dog...
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House of Names
by Colm Toibin
I tell you this man can take a muddy puddle and make you think it is a fresh spring shower!!
I thought I was done with mythology back in college. I had two literature ...
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Beneath a Marble Sky
by John Shors
John Shors was able to present a history lesson in a way that would make any person want to study the Taj Mahal. I am often surprised when people say they will only read...
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Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande
This should be required reading for anyone over 30.....what Gwande has to say is important.....we are all mortal and at some point the effort to cure should be replaced ...
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Anything Is Possible
by Elizabeth Strout
Anything is Possible is the sequel to My Name is Lucy Barton which I absolutely loved, and I was worried that it could only be disappointing in comparison. I couldn’t ...
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