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Dear Friends,
Oh my, cooler temps, is fall on the way? What a great time to get outside and enjoy our beautiful area. It won't be too long before the trees will begin to put on a show..stay tuned.
So many great books are published in the fall so you will want to keep an eye on what we are reading and recommending!
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Happy September!
Jenny, Kim, Anne, Amy, Patti, Sue, Kelsey, Kirsten and Justine.
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The September Book of the Month is:
The Instrumentalist
By Harriet Constable
Simon and Schuster $18.99
Anna Maria has only known life inside the Pietà, an orphanage for children born of prostitutes. But the girls of the Pietà are lucky in a sense: most babies born of their station were drowned in the city's canals. And despite the strict rules, the girls are given singing and music lessons from an early age. The most promising musicians have the chance to escape the fate of the rest: forced marriage to anyone who will have them.Anna Maria is determined to be the best violinist there is--and whatever Anna Maria sets out to do, she achieves. After all, the stakes for Anna could not be higher. But it is 1704 and she is a girl. The pursuit of her ambition will test everything she holds dear, especially when it becomes clear that her instructor, Antonio Vivaldi, will teach Anna everything he knows--but not without taking something in return.
From the opulent palaces of Venice to its mud-licked canals. It is the story of one woman's irrepressible ambition and rise to the top. It is also the story of the orphans of Venice who overcame destitution and abuse to make music, and whose contributions to some of the most important works of classical music, including "The Four Seasons," have been overlooked for too long. ~Recommended by Anne and Sue
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If We Were Dogs
By Sophie Blackall
Little Brown $18.99, due September 16
If we were dogs, what kind would we be?
I'd be a big dog! And you'd be little dog. Woof! Join two friends as they bark and growl, woof and howl - and maybe even quack - in a romp that makes room for everybody's ideas. (Ages 2 and up)
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The Last Resort
By Erin Estrada Kelly
Scholastic $17.99
With the help of her skeptical brother, Caleb, and their new ghost-obsessed neighbor, Teddy, Lila -- the girl who's vowed to be less dramatic -- must uncover her grandfather's killer AND stop the evil spirits desperate to make their way back into the human world. (Ages 8 and up)
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Library of Unruly Treasures
By Jeanne Birdsall
Knopf. $17.99
Gwen MacKinnon's parents are dreadful. Truly, deeply, almost impressively dreadful. So Gwen's not upset at all when she's foisted onto her never-before-seen Uncle Matthew for two weeks. Especially when it turns out he has a very opinionated dog named Pumpkin. Things take a turn for the weird when Gwen makes a discovery in the local library.(Ages 8 and up)
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Nine Moons of Han Yu and Lula
Karina Yan Glaser
Alida $19.99, due Sept 16
Familiar rhythms rule the contained-but-contented lives of Han Yu and Luli. But when plague strikes Chang'An and financial crisis threatens Luli's family, Han Yu and Luli must each venture out into the larger world--and into danger-filled adventure--to save what they love most. Filled with wondrous caves and conniving thieves, desert storms and magical lakes, Karina Yan Glaser's epic and rewarding novel is a testament to the bravery required to face the unknown and the power of art to connect us through the ages. (Ages 8 and up)
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Sisters in the Wind
By Angeline Boulley
Henry Holt. $19.99
Ever since Lucy Smith's father died five years ago, "home" has been more of an idea than a place. She knows being on the run is better than anything waiting for her as a "ward of the state". But when the sharp-eyed and kind Mr. Jameson with an interest in her case comes looking for her, Lucy wonders if hiding from her past will ever truly keep her safe. (Ages 13 and up)
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Glen Lake Book Club
Meet at Glen Lake Community Library
at 10:00 a.m.
September 16 (Third Tuesday)
The Lion Women of Tehran
By Marjan Kamali
Gallery 18.99
October 21 (Third Tuesday)
Table for Two
By Amor Towles
Penguin $19.00
November 18
Water Dancers
By Ta-nehisi Coates
One World $19.00
Lakeshore Readers
Meet the last Wednesday of the month at Glen Lake Library at 11:00 a.m.
September 24
James
By Percival Everett
Doubleday $28.00
October 29
Orbital
By Samantha Harvey
Grove $17.00
Please shop locally!
Books available at Cottage Book Shop
(15% off on book club books)
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Buckeye
By Patrick Ryan
In Bonhomie, Ohio, a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, binds Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, to Margaret Salt, a woman trying to obscure her past. Cal's wife Becky has a spiritual gift: she is a seer who can conjure the dead, helping families connect with those they've lost. Margaret's husband Felix is serving on a Navy cargo ship, out of harm's way--until a telegram suggests that the unthinkable might have happened. Later, as the country reconstructs in the postwar boom, a secret grows in Bonhomie--but nothing stays buried forever in a small town. Against the backdrop of some of the most transformative decades in modern America, the consequences of that long-ago encounter ripple through the next generation of both families, compelling them to reexamine who they thought they were and what the future might hold. ~Recommended by Sue
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Katabasis
By R.F. Kuang
Harper Voyager $32.00
Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world. That is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault. Grimes is now in Hell, and she s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams. ~Recommended by Sue
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Life, and Death, and Giants
By Ron Rindo
St. Martins $29.00, due Sept 9
Gabriel Fisher was born an orphan, weighing eighteen pounds and measuring twenty-seven inches long. No one in Lakota, Wisconsin, knows what to make of him. He walks at eight months, communicates with animals, and seems to possess extraordinary athletic talent. But when the older brother who has been caring for him dies, Gabriel is taken in by his devout Amish grandparents who disapprove of all the attention and hide him away from the English world. But it's hard to hide forever when you're nearly eight feet tall. At seventeen, Gabriel is spotted working in a hay field by the local football coach. What happens next transforms not only Gabriel's life but the lives of everyone he meets. ~Recommended by Anne and Sue
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
By Kiran Desai
Hogarth $32.00, due Sept 23
When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart. Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India, fearing she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next.~Recommended by Sue
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Middle Spoon
By Alejandro Verelo
Penguin $30.00, due Sept 9
The narrator of Middle Spoon appears to be living the dream: He has a doting husband, two precocious children, all the comforts of a quiet bourgeois life - and a sexy younger boyfriend to accompany him to farmers markets and cocktail parties. But when his boyfriend abruptly dumps him, he spirals into heartbreak for the first time and must confront a world still struggling to understand polyamorous relationships. Faced with the judgment of friends and the sting of rejection, he's left to wonder if sharing a life with both his family and his lover could ever truly be possible.
~Recommended by Jenny
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Mona’s Eyes
By Thomas Schlessor
Europa $30.00
While the doctors can find no explanation for Mona's brief episode of blindness, they agree that the threat of permanent vision loss cannot be ruled out. The girl's grandfather, Henry, may not be able to stop his granddaughter from losing her sight, but he can fill the encroaching darkness with beauty. Every Wednesday for a year, the pair abscond together and visit a single masterpiece in one of Paris's renowned museums. From Botticelli to Basquiat, Mona learns how each artist's work shaped the world around them. In turn, the young girl's world is changed forever by the power of their art. Under the kind and careful tutelage of her grandfather, Mona learns the true meaning of generosity, melancholy, love, loss, and revolution. Her perspective will never be the same -- nor will the reader's.
~Recommended by Patti
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My Other Heart
By Emma Nanami Strenner
Pamela Dorman $30.00
In June 1998, Mimi Truang is on her way home to Vietnam when her toddler daughter vanishes in the Philadelphia airport.
Seventeen years later, two best friends in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, discuss their summer plans before college. Kit, with the support of her white adoptive parents, will travel to Tokyo to explore her Japanese roots. This dizzying adventure offers her a taste of first love and a new understanding of what it means to belong. Sabrina had hoped to take a similar trip to China, but money is tight. Her disappointment subsides, however, when she meets a bold, uncompromising new mentor who prompts Sabrina to ask questions she's avoided all her life. Meanwhile, Mimi purchases a plane ticket to Philadelphia. She finally has a lead in her search for her daughter. When Mimi, Kit, and Sabrina come face to face, they will confront the people they truly are, in this tremendously moving novel that is propelled to its astonishing climax in a way you will never forget.
~Recommended by Anne and Sue
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When the Cranes Fly South
By Lisa Ridzen
Vintage $18.00
Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he's got left. These days, his quiet existence is broken up only by daily visits from his home care team. Fortunately, he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten to keep him company ... though now his son, with whom Bo has had a rocky relationship, insists upon taking the dog away, claiming that Bo has grown too old to properly care for him. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotion, leading Bo to take stock of his life, his relationships, and the imperfect way he's expressed his love over the years. ~Recommended by Sue
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While the Getting is Good
By Matt Riordan
Hyperion Avenue $27.99
When a simple Lake Huron fisherman starts running whiskey for bootleggers, the Prohibition-era promise of easy money reveals its dark underbelly. As his wife and mistress together flee the violence he brought to their doorsteps, a found family is formed--and then splintered in brutal and unexpected ways. ~Recommended by Sue
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