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Hello Spring!
This month's newsletter highlights what's new at Wakefield Books for April. Lots of great new releases, author events and many other surprises. April is National Poetry Month so we're highlighting some great books for poetry fans, and we're celebrating Easter and Passover as well.
We also celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday 4/29 with an author event and some fun giveaways that day as well. If you haven't
bought that 2017 calendar yet, ours are just $1 while supplies last!
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Easter and Passover Books
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Celebrate your holiday with some great books.
You can enjoy them again and again and they don't rot your teeth!
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April is National Poetry Month
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National Poetry Month has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry's vital place in our culture. We are proud to be featuring our poetry books for this event. There are timeless classics as well as fresh new voices in the world of poetry
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Author Event 4/15 from 12pm-2pm
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Join us the day before Easter as we host local Author Susan Letendre for an author event from 12-2. Susan will be here signing copies of her Children's book Bonnie, Our Backyard Bunny
Bonnie, Our Backyard Bunny is a based-on-truth tale about a rabbit, her world, and her gratitude for it. The tale conveys a sense of place in the natural world to children, as well as a sense of safety and "rightness". Bonnie was born from an oral storytelling by an environmental educator and storyteller. The story then engaged one of Cuba's most well-known and best loved artists, who offered to illustrate the book because his work shares the same mission: to convey that everything in the world has a place, and everything fits together. The work is a collaboration across cultures.
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Author Event on April 29th 12pm-2pm
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Local Author Gene McKee will be here for an author event Saturday 4/29 from 12-2.
E. B. McKee MD. is the author of two books. His first book, DOC, chronicles adventures before, during, and after graduating from the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, in 1961. His self-deprecating and humorous style continues in Bloodletting to Binary. We rejoin McKee's medical journey as he establishes a private practice in southern Rhode Island. Along the way McKee's career spans an era when medicine undergoes fundamental changes. Bloodletting to Binary is a physician's behind-the-scenes story of irascible colleagues, hospital dramas, and unforgettable patients, while offering a snapshot of a transformational period in American medicine.
Dr. McKee occupied a number of executive and clinical leadership positions at South County Hospital in Wakefield. Married and the father of five, Dr. McKee presently resides in Narragansett.
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Staff Picks
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Edward and Lucy
by Victor Lodato
A very strange and intoxicating story about an 8 year old boy named Edgar and his interactions with his mother, grandmother, and a man who has his own tragic story. A compelling novel that draws you in and one that you don't want to end anytime soon. -Ann
Exes
By Max Winter
Rhode Island is the setting of this debut novel by Max Winter which is quite ambitious in its format. The diverse voices of 5 different characters take their turns relating their stories that intertwine with each other, and how they deal with the suicide of a friend. From the streets of Providence to a house on the rocks of Narragansett Bay, this book is loaded with landmarks and local stories and walks a tightrope between humor and tragedy. -Bob (releases 4/4)
Fortune Hunter
by Daisy Goodwin
Another fun and light story by Goodwin about the late 1800's European aristocracy. Heiress Charlotte Baird, who does not ride, falls in love with Captain Bay Middleton, who is impoverished, but a superior horseman. They agree to marry, but that is before he meets Sisi, Empress of Austria who is an avid horsewoman, and Charlotte meets Caspar Hewes, a photographer like herself. Who will end up with who and does Captain Middleton really love Charlotte or just her money? Filled with characters from all different "stations" of aristocratic life, I thoroughly enjoyed this read. -Sue
Heartless
by Marissa Meyer
This is a fantastic book for fans of Alice In Wonderland as it tells the story of the Queen of Hearts before she became the "blind fury" we are so familiar with.
The future queen as a young girl is full of dreams, plans & optimism. The journey she undergoes to become the vengeful, murderous queen in Alice In Wonderland is
quite poignant. Also, it is really great to get a back story on some familiar characters such as the Mad Hatter, the March Hare & of course the Cheshire Cat. -Kim
Behind Her Eyes
by Sarah Pinborough
Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. After a flirtatious kiss in a bar one night, she believes her life might just be turning around. However, the man she kissed turns out to be her new boss. Louise soon becomes caught up in a dangerous triangle with her lover and his wife, who she has befriended. As I read this book I tried to figure out what was behind all the mind games and deceptions but nothing I suspected could have prepared me for the explosive ending. There is no way I saw that ending coming! Great suspenseful, psychological thriller! -Lisa
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| This Month's Featured Local Interest Titles |
Where Did All the R's Go?
The Curious Case of the Rhode Island Accent
by Jill Austin
Meet Riley, a letter R who just moved to Rhode Island.
Considering it's the only state that begins with an R, he was excited to meet lots of friends but was surprised when he got here that there were no other R's to be found. He discovers that in Rhode Island everyone talks a little differently. Join Riley on this fun adventure and help him find out, when it comes to the Rhode Island accent, where did all the R's go?
Frozen Voices
by Lynne Heinzmann
On February 11, 1907, 156 men, women, and children boarded the passenger steamship Larchmont in Providence., for an overnight trip to New York City. By the following morning, 137 of them were dead-drowned, frozen, or scalded to death-and the ship sat in the muck at the bottom of Block Island Sound.
Millard, Sadie, George, and Anna were on board the Larchmont the night she sank. Here are their stories.
A Season of Daring Greatly
by Ellen Emerson White
Eighteen-year-old Jill Cafferty just made history. Her high school's star pitcher, she is now the first woman drafted by a major league baseball team. She'll join the Pittsburgh Pirates' Class A Short Season team . . . but not everyone is happy to have her there. In addition to living away from home for the first time, she'll go head-to-head against those who are determined to keep baseball an all-male sport. On top of it all, Jill is struggling with the responsibilities of being a national hero and a role model for young women everywhere. Didn't baseball used to be fun?
Annie: The Story of an Apple
by Joni Pfeiffer-Moser
Annie is a cheerful apple who has a dream. Her story is full of surprises as she does everything she possibly can to fulfill her goal while confronted with unexpected ups and downs. Children will love Annie and her story, which has an old fashioned appeal that parents and grandparents will love.
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New Releases for April
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These are just highlights of our upcoming new releases.
A more complete llst is available on our
website
April 11th
April 18th
April 25th
New in Paperback this month
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Save 20% on an item this month
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Saturday 4/29/17
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ndependent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indies across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every party is different.
Independent bookstores are not just stores, they're community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. They are lively discussion spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal is a day well spent.
In a world of tweets and algorithms and pageless digital downloads, bookstores are far from a dying anachronism. They are living, breathing organisms that continue to grow and expand. In fact, there are more of them this year than there were last year. And they are at your service.
And this year we are teaming up with Libro.fm a source of great downloadable audiobooks for independent bookstores. Visit us online April 29th, and receive a half dozen complimentary audiobooks and story samplers. Sign up today and you'll be ready to celebrate at Wakefield Books in April.
click here to visit the Wakefield Books Libro.fm page
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On Your next visit check out our table of new "non-book" items such as......
What's a PopSocket?
It's an expanding piece of magic for your phone.
Add a single PopSocket, or a pair of PopSockets, to the back of almost any mobile device to transform its capabilities. PopSockets "pop" whenever you need a grip, a stand, an earbud-management system, or just something to play with.
Book Pins
Show off your favorite book! Each badge is a hard enamel lapel pin with raised gold-plated outlines. They are about 1 inch square and attach to your clothing with a black rubber clutch. Each comes pinned to a small cardboard plaque in a cellophane envelope.
Jumbo Rhode Island Mugs
Celebrate your favorite State with this Jumbo Mug. This
 large high quality porcelain mug will hold your favorite beverage or soup. An eye-catching map with colorful illustrations marks points of interest and monuments.
(not to be used for navigating)
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All 2017 Calendars are now $1 each
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Our Clearance Sale is almost over!
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Don't miss out on your chance for some great deals. We have a clearance rack at the front of the store with assorted titles from around the store all at 75% off. Grab 'em while you can!
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Nabokov's Favorite Word is Mauve
by Ben Blatt
He loaded thousands of books into a database and let his hard drive churn through them, to find out, for example, if our favorite authors follow conventional writing advice about using cliches, adverbs and exclamation points (they mostly do); if men and women write differently (yep); if an algorithm can identify a writer from his or her prose style (it can) Blatt's book isn't terribly interested in the art of writing. What it's fascinated by - and is fascinating about - is the craft of writing.
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Bleaker House: Chasing my Novel to the End of the World
by Nell Stevens
Nell Stevens retreated to a remote corner of the Falkland Islands in an attempt to write a novel. She came away with something better: This is memoir of deprivation, rain and penguins. It turns out that hunger, boredom and disappointment with her novel are bigger problems than the depression and loneliness she'd feared. Of course, readers of this oddly winning book know that her time wasn't wasted.
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High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic
by Glenn Frankel
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30% off Select Hardcover
Best Sellers Everyday
Here are a few of the new additions this month
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