Reconstructing Amelia, by Kimberly McCreight. When Kate, single mother and law firm partner, gets an urgent phone call summoning her to her daughter's exclusive private school, she's shocked. Amelia has been suspended for cheating, something that would be completely out of character for her over-achieving, well-behaved daughter. Kate rushes to Grace Hall, but what she finds when she finally arrives is beyond comprehension. Her daughter, Amelia, is dead.Every single twist in Reconstructing Amelia is clever, and rightfully earned. As Virginia Woolf once said, ''Fiction is like a spider's web.'' McCreight is a masterful weaver.
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The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell: 1923. Rose Baker is a typist for the New York City Police Department. Although she spends her days hearing about horrific crimes, she is still part of the supposedly ''weaker'' sex. Rose has always been a traditional girl, but when the modern Odalie joins the typing pool, Rose falls under her spell. As the women bond in the typing pool by day and in speakeasies at night, Rose finds her fascination with Odalie deepening into an obsession which may consume her forever. https://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:446/record=b4595445~S46
UNSAID, by Neil Abramson: UNSAID is a poignant, heart-felt story of love, loss and forgiveness.... UNSAID will make you cry, but, more important, it will make you contemplate the human relationship to animals, both domestic and wild. A wonderful book for animal lovers, those who like a good courtroom drama, and anyone interested in human/animal communication. https://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:446/record=b4383012~S46
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Defending Jacob, by William Landay: For the past twenty years, Andy Barber has been a happily married, respected assistant D.A. in a small Massachusetts town. Within weeks, his professional situation and marriage crumble under the pressure of a case involving the stabbing murder of a teenager. Barber's suspicions originally focus on a neighborhood pedophile, but before long, damaging evidence mounts that incriminates Jacob, his own 14-year-old son. Caught between desperation, loyalty, and instinct, the tenacious prosecutor struggles to make sense of disturbing revelations. https://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:446/record=b4413177~S46
This is the story of a happy marriage, by Ann Patchett. Notwithstanding Tolstoy ("All happy families resemble one another"), stories of domestic bliss retain a unique interest. As gifted novelist Ann Patchett (State of Wonder; Bell Canto) tells the story here, her happy marriage had a long, often painful prologue: The past four generations of her family had ended in marital breakups and she herself suffered one failed marriage and one unfortunate engagement, before she found the love of her life and future husband Carl. Patchett enthusiasts will be pleased that she also roams into other topics, including writing, reading, running a bookstore, and even her cherished pet canines. https://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:446/record=b4626427~S46
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Mrs. Poe, by Lynn Cullen: The triumphant success of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” compels fledgling poet Frances Osgood to meet her literary idol, a mysterious, complicated man who soon has her under his seductive spell in an all-consuming affair. And when Edgar’s frail young wife breaks into their idyll to befriend her rival, Frances fears that deceiving Mrs. Poe may be as impossible as cheating death itself. http://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:2081/record=b4664322~S46
The Weight of Blood, by Laura McHugh: Treated like an outsider by Ozark Mountain neighbors who regard her mother's disappearance years earlier with suspicion, sixteen-year-old Lucy is further haunted by a friend's murder, which compels her to investigate family secrets and sacrifices. http://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:2081/record=b4668386~S46
Life after Life, by Kate Atkinson. In the first pages after the prologue of this novel, Ursula Todd is born and dies almost immediately; but in this singular fiction, that is only the beginning of her story. Thereafter she is repeatedly reborn, lives, and dies, each time surrounded by the same family. As the story progresses, so does its protagonist, assimilating lessons that she has learned along the way."Life After Life is a masterpiece about how even the smallest choices can sometimes change the course of history. It's wise, bittersweet, funny, and unlike anything else you've ever read. There aren't enough breathless adjectives to describe it: Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound. Wildly inventive, deeply felt. http://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:2081/record=b4587157~S46
Bone by Bone, by Carol O’Connell: Brothers Oren and Josh disappear into the woods. Only Oren comes out. Twenty years later, the mystery of what happened to Josh is going to be exposed, and somebody is finally sending him home-bone by bone. http://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:2081/record=b4064919~S46
