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Handpicked by Dana September 2017 I'm an Adult Services Librarian at the River Forest Public Library. I absolutely adore historical and domestic fiction, romance, books about animals, and biographies on First Ladies. I also like to read police procedural mysteries, psychological thrillers, and women's fiction. I find reading most enjoyable when I'm curled up with my cat Timmy! One of my favorite things about my job is that I have the opportunity to connect readers with books, whether that be through our home delivery service or staffing the reference desk. Please contact me at djanisch@rflib.org if you're interested in receiving a custom book list from me.
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Women's Lives and Relationships
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Open house : a novel by Elizabeth BergStruggling to come to terms with her husband's abandonment, Samantha sets out to reconstruct a new life for herself and her eleven-year-old son, despite financial hardship, and to rediscover who her own identity, which had been lost in her attempts to save her marriage. 50,000 first printing. FICTION BERG
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The one & only : a novel by Emily GiffinCentering her life on the successful Walker family, into which she plans to marry, Shea struggles to end her affair with a less-than-stellar boyfriend only to have her entire existence placed in question by the death of the family's mother. By the best-selling author of Where We Belong. 400,000 first printing. FICTION GIFFIN
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Erotic stories for Punjabi widows by Balli Kaur JaswalThe modern daughter of Indian immigrants in cosmopolitan London impulsively takes a creative writing job to help her family and is assigned to a class of proper Sikh widows who reveal personal memories and fantasies through their writing. 75,000 first printing. FICTION JASWAL
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The firebird by Susanna KearsleyWhen Nicola touches an object she can see glimpses into its past, so when a woman tries to sell her a wooden carving belonging to Russia's Empress Catherine, Nicola knows the woman is telling the truth. This title is always available as an eBook on Hoopla! Click here to access the item.
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The last anniversary : a novel by Liane MoriartyInheriting a home on Scribbly Gum Island from the recently deceased aunt of her former boyfriend, Thomas Gordon, Sophie Honeywell finds her life turned upside down, caught in the middle of upheaval that helps uncover a mystery, bring a family back together, create new friendships, and build true love. Reader's Guide available. Original. 30,000 first printing. FICTION MORIARTY
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The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel by Taylor Jenkins ReidWhen an aging and reclusive Hollywood icon selects an unknown magazine reporter to write her life story, the baffled journalist forges deep ties with the actress during a complicated interview process that exposes their tragic common history. FICTION REID
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The forgotten room by Karen WhiteDr. Kate Schuyler finds herself drawn into a mystery involving three generations of her family when Captain Cooper Ravenal is brought into the private Manhattan hospital where she works. This title is available as an eBook on Overdrive! Click here to place a hold on the item.
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Big bang theoryTwo roommates, both genius physicists, live in their own world with their friends until an attractive woman moves in across the hall and helps them see life in different ways. DVD SERIES COM BIG
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Mindy projectFollows OB/GYN Mindy through her personal and professional life. DVD SERIES COM MIN
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Modern familyThree non-traditional families face everyday challenges. DVD SERIES COM MOD
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PoldarkAfter the American Revolutionary War, Ross Poldark returns to England and attempts to rebuild his life. DVD SERIES DRM POL
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ScandalAfter working as a White House communications director for the president of the United States, Olivia Pope sets up her own crisis management firm. DVD SERIES DRM SCA
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VictoriaFollows the life of Queen Victoria as she ascends the throne and rules England. DVD SERIES DRM VIC
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A Step Outside My Comfort Zone
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Moon called by Patricia BriggsThe first book in the popular Mercy Thompson series--wherein the main character must contend with a world of vampires, werewolves and gremlins--is now available in hardcover. This title is available as an eBook on Overdrive! Click here to place a hold on the item.
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Bohemian gospel : a novel by Dana Chamblee CarpenterIn 13th-century Bohemia, a girl named Mouse, who was born with unnatural senses and an uncanny intellect, breaks church law to save the wounded King Ottakar and then agrees to accompany him back to Prague as his personal healer. This title is always available as an eAudiobook on Hoopla! Click here to access the item.
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Soulless by Gail CarrigerWhen Alexia, a soulless spinster with the ability to negate supernatural powers, accidentally kills a vampire, her life goes from bad to worse when Lord Maccon, a gorgeous werewolf, is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate. This title is available as an eBook on Overdrive! Click here to place a hold on the item.
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Caraval by Stephanie Garber Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett's father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval's mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season's Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. TEEN FICTION GARBER
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Cinder by Marissa MeyerWhen Cinder, a gifted cyborg with a mysterious past, becomes entangled with the handsome Prince Kai, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle to save humankind from a deadly plague and ruthless lunar beings. TEEN FICTION MEYER
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The night circus : a novel by Erin MorgensternWaging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways. A first novel. 175,000 first printing. FICTION MORGENSTERN
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Sweetbitter by Stephanie DanlerA year in the life of a beguiling young woman in the wild world of a famous downtown New York restaurant follows her burning effort to become someone of importance through a backwaiter job that enables her indulgences in culinary and intellectual interests. FICTION DANIER
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Burial rites by Hannah KentBased on a true story, tells the tale of a young woman in Iceland in 1829 who was accused of murder and sent to an isolated farm to await execution and tells the farmer's family her side of the story. FICTION KENT
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Cracking India : a novel by Bapsi SidhwaDuring the 1947 Partition of India, young Lenny Sethi suffers from polio and spends her days with Ayah, her beautiful nanny, who exposes her to the differences among the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs, but when Ayah is kidnapped, Lenny's world erupts into religious, ethnic, and radical violence. Reprint. This title is available as an eAudiobook on Hoopla! Click here to access this item.
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Do not say we have nothing : a novel by Madeleine ThienMarie endeavors to piece together the story of her fractured family's past and its connection to her friend Ai-Ming, uncovering information about how both women's fathers were forced to reimagine their identities during Mao's Cultural Revolution. FICTION THIEN
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A man lies dreaming : a novel by Lavie TidharTo escape the brutality of Auschwitz, a former pulp fiction author imagines an alternate history where Hitler was toppled in a coup and is forced to eke out a living as a low-rent private investigator on the grimiest streets of London. FICTION TIDHAR
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Girl through glass : a novel by Sari WilsonTold through interweaving narratives that move between past and present, a debut novel follows a young ballerina of rare talent whose life is upended when she falls in love with her much-older mentor, and a professor of dance at a Midwestern college who has a risky affair with a student that threatens to destroy everything she has worked so hard for. 30,000 first printing. FICTION WILSON
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