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Dear Friends,
The colors are coming but they are not here quite yet. We are looking forward to a super color season, what a wonderful time for hiking our stunning trails. We hope you will visit to see the display and while you are here stop by the store for some great books for fall reading!
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Happy September!
Jenny, Kim, Anne, Amy, Patti, Sue, Kelsey and Kirsten
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The October
Book of the Month is:
Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
By Anna Johnston
William Morrow $18.99
Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowed your car, he'd return it washed with a full tank of gas. The problem is, at age eighty-two, there's nobody left in Fred's life to borrow from, and he's broke and on the brink of eviction. But Fred's luck changes when he's mistaken for Bernard Greer, a missing resident at the local nursing home, and takes his place. Now Fred has warm meals in his belly and a roof over his head--as long as his look-alike Bernard never turns up. Denise Simms is stuck breathing the same disappointing air again and again. A middle-aged mom and caregiver at Bernard's facility, her crumbling marriage and daughter's health concerns are suffocating her joy for life. Wounded by her two-faced husband, she vows never to let a man betray her again.
As Fred walks in Bernard's shoes and learns about his past, Denise uncovers clues that threaten to reveal his identity. Will she expose the truth before Fred can return a broken life to mint condition? ~Recommended by Jenny and Amy
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Aggie and the Ghost
By Matthew Forsyth
Simon and Schuster $19.99
Aggie is very excited to live on her own--until she finds out her new house is haunted. But no fear, the situation is nothing that can't be fixed with a carefully considered list of rules: No haunting after dark. No stealing socks. No eating all the food. But the ghost doesn't like playing by the rules and challenges Aggie to an epic game of tic-tac-toe--winner gets the house.
(Ages 3 and up)
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Bob the Vampire Snail
By Andrea Zuill
Random House $18.99
Bob, an ordinary snail-turned-vampire, adjusts to life as a vampire as he discovers a newfound love for tomatoes, quirky sleeping habits, and an unexpected friend. (Ages 2 and up)
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Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat
By Julien Chung
Beach Lane $19.99
The classic alphabet chant gets a Halloween twist as the letters sneak their way up the tree, all donning their spiffiest costumes. But when a witch swoops in, and the letters come tumbling down, will that be the end of their Halloween fun...or just the beginning?
(Ages 2 and up)
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Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party
By Aubrey Plaza and Dan Murphy
Illustrated by Hannah Peck
Viking $19.99
Luna Lopez wants to be a witch. Pheenie the witch wants to throw a Halloween party. Together this unlikely pair strikes a deal: if Luna helps her pull off the best, most spectacular soirâee in the neighborhood, Pheenie will teach her the secrets to her potions and spells. There's only one problem: getting this party on track is harder than Luna expected. (Ages 3 and up)
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Witch Cat
By Lucy Rowland
Illustrated by Laura Hughes
Bloombury $18.99
adorably charming picture book about a cat pondering WHICH kind of cat he should be is perfect for Halloween! (Ages 2 and up)
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Glen Lake Book Club
Meet at Glen Lake Community Library
at 10:00 a.m.
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
December 16
Lincoln in the Bardo
By George Saunders
Random House $18.00
Lakeshore Readers
Meet the last Wednesday of the month at Glen Lake Library at 11:00 a.m.
October 29
Orbital
By Samantha Harvey
Grove $17.00
December 3
Raising Hare : A Memoire
By Chloe Dalton
Pantheon $27.00
Please shop locally!
Books available at Cottage Book Shop
(15% off on book club books)
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Awake: A Memoir
By Jen Hatmaker
Avid Reader $30.00
In Awake, Jen shares for the first time what happened when she found herself completely lost at sea--and how she made it to shore. In candid, sur-prisingly funny vignettes spanning forty years of girlhood, marriage, and parenting, Jen lays bare the disorienting upheaval of midlife--the implosion of a marriage, the unraveling of religious and cultural systems, and the grief that accompanies change you didn't ask for. And, drawing on all resources--from without and within--Jen dares to question the systems beneath the whole house of cards, and to reckon with the myths, half-truths, and lies that brought her to this point. ~Recommended by Sue
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The Elements
By John Boyne
Henry Holt $29.99
In The Elements, acclaimed Irish novelist John Boyne has created an epic saga that weaves together four interconnected narratives, each representing a different perspective on crime: the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator, and the victim. The narrative follows a mother on the run from her past, a young soccer star facing a trial, a successful surgeon grappling with childhood trauma, and a father on a transformative journey with his son. Each is somehow connected to the next, and as the story unfolds, their lives intersect in unimaginable ways.
~Recommended by Anne
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Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
By John U. Bacon
Liveright $35.00, due October 14
For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power and prestige Silicon Valley does today. And no ship represented the apex of the American Century better than the 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald--the biggest, best, and most profitable ship on the Lakes. But on November 10, 1975, as the "storm of the century" threw 100 mile-per-hour winds and 50-foot waves on Lake Superior, the Mighty Fitz found itself at the worst possible place, at the worst possible time. When she sank, she took all 29 men onboard down with her, leaving the tragedy shrouded in mystery for a half century.
~Recommended by Sue
John is at National Writers Series in Traverse City on November 6
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Guardian and a Thief
By Megha Majumdar
Knopf $29.00
n a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and famine, Ma, her two-year-old daughter, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma's husband in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited visas from the consulate, they pack their bags for the flight to America. But in the morning they awaken to discover that Ma's purse, containing their treasured immigration documents, has been stolen. Megha Majumdar paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of two families, each operating from a place of ferocious love and undefeated hope, each discovering how far they will go to secure their children's future as they stave off encroaching catastrophe.
~Recommended by Jenny and Sue
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Heart the Lover
By Lily King
Grove $28.00
In the fall of her senior year of college, she meets two star students from her 17th-Century Lit class: Sam and Yash. Best friends living off campus in the elegant house of a professor on sabbatical, the boys invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. They nickname her Jordan, and she quickly discovers the pleasures of friendship, love and her own intellectual ambition. But youthful passion is unpredictable, and soon she finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle. As graduation comes and goes, choices made will alter these three lives forever. Decades later, the vulnerable days of Jordan's youth seem comfortably behind her. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news bring the past crashing into the present, she returns to a world she left behind and must confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self.
~Recommended by Anne and Jenny
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The Irish Goodbye
By Heather Aimee O’Neil
Henry Holt $28.99
It's been years since the three Ryan sisters were all together at their beloved family home on the eastern shore of Long Island. Two decades ago, their lives were upended by an accident on their brother Topher's boat: A friend's brother was killed, the resulting lawsuit nearly bankrupted their parents, and Topher spiraled into depression, eventually taking his life. Now the Ryan women are back for Thanksgiving, eager to reconnect, but each carrying a heavy secret. The eldest, Cait, still holding guilt for the role no one knows she played in the boat accident, rekindles a flame with her high school crush: Topher's best friend and the brother of the boy who died. Middle sister, Alice, has been thrown a curveball that threatens the career she's restarting and faces a difficult decision that may doom her marriage. And the youngest, Maggie, is finally taking the risk of bringing the woman she loves home to meet her devoutly Catholic mother. Infusing everything is the grief for Topher that none of the Ryans have figured out how to carry together. When Cait invites a guest from their shared past to Thanksgiving dinner, old tensions boil over and new truths surface, nearly overpowering the flickering light of their family bond. Far more than a family holiday will be ruined unless the sisters can find a way to forgive themselves--and one another. ~Recommended by Sue
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Mother Mary Comes to Me
By Arundhati Roy
Scribner $30.00
Mother Mary Comes to Me draws on multiple strands of the author's early years, unveiling an empathetic and at the same time marvelously satirical portrait of an eccentric extended family with a fondness for spectacular family feuds. Roy's maternal lineage was saddled with a legacy of violence yet blessed with the gifts of education and English fluency. 'Mrs. Roy' formed the tempestuous foundation upon which Roy and her brother, 'LKC, ' raised themselves. A single mother who suffered from debilitating asthma and thunderous moods, Mary Roy founded a coeducational school--a revolutionary act in its time--and grew it into a spectacularly influential institution. The rage and unpredictability Mrs. Roy was known for was the secret to her success in a patriarchal society unaccustomed to seeing a woman soar to great heights while rejecting cultural roles designed to clip her wings. ~Recommended by Sue
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