Adult Fiction
Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow.
When two cousins open a
food stall at a Los Angeles night market, a customer dies after drinking their
bubble tea, and they set out to find the killer and clear their names.
Out of the Clear Blue
Sky by Kristan Higgins.
"Lillie Silva knew
life as an empty nester would be hard after her only child left for college,
but when her husband abruptly dumps her for another woman just as her son
leaves, her world comes crashing down. Besides the fact that this announcement
is a complete surprise (to say the least), what shocks Lillie most is that she
isn't heartbroken. She's furious. Lillie has loved her life on Cape Cod, but as
a mother, wife, and nurse-midwife, she's used to caring for other people . . .
not taking care of herself. Now, alone for the first time in her life, she
finds herself going a little rogue. Is it over the top to crash her
ex-husband's wedding dressed like the angel of death? Sure! Should she release
a skunk into his perfect new home? Probably not! But it beats staying home and
moping. She finds an unexpected ally in her glamorous sister, with whom she's
had a tense relationship all these years. And an unexpected babysitter in, of
all people, Ben Hallowell, the driver in a car accident that nearly killed
Lillie twenty years ago. And then there's Ophelia, her ex-husband's oddly lost
niece, who could really use a friend. It's the end of Lillie's life as she knew
it. But sometimes the perfect next chapter surprises you . . . out of the clear
blue sky."-- Provided by publisher.
Marriage Can Be
Mischief by Amanda Flower.
Millie is happy that her
childhood friend, Uriah Schrock, has returned to Harvest after decades away. He
was sweet on Millie in their school days, but she only had eyes for her future
husband. Now, there's a new spark between them, so Millie is concerned when
Uriah doesn't show up at the Harvest concert series -- or for his job as the
village square's groundskeeper. Perhaps Millie has been involved in too many
murder investigations, but she has a sinking feeling. And when she and her best
friend, Lois, find Uriah with the police, it seems she's right . . .
Adult Non-Fiction
Resistance Band
Workouts for Seniors by Karina
Inkster, MA, PTS.
This is an invaluable
resource for older adults looking to improve their strength and body
composition without having to purchase a gym membership. Fitness coach and
author Karina Inkster will teach you about the many benefits of strength
training for seniors. You'll learn how to choose resistance bands, how to use
them at home with a door anchor, and how to use them safely. An overview of the
three types of resistance bands will help readers put together their own
"mini gym" that can fit into a small bag.
Why Didn’t You Tell Me? by Carmen Rita Wong.
Carmen Rita Wong has
always craved a sense of belonging: First as a toddler in a warm room full of
Black and brown Latina women, like her mother, Lupe, cheering her dancing
during her childhood in Harlem. And in Chinatown, where her immigrant father,
"Papi" Wong, a hustler, would show her and her older brother off in
opulent restaurants decorated in red and gold. Then came the almost exclusively
white playgrounds of New Hampshire after her mother married her stepfather,
Marty, who seemed to be the ideal of the white American dad. As Carmen entered
this new world with her new family--Lupe and Marty quickly had four more
children--her relationship with her mother became fraught with tension,
suspicion, and conflict, explained only years later by the secrets her mother
had kept for so long. And when those secrets were revealed, bringing clarity to
so much of Carmen's life, it was too late for answers. When her mother passed
away, Carmen wanted to shake her soul by its shoulders and
demand: Why didn't you tell me?
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
The High Desert by James Spooner.
YA GN
Teenage James Spooner hates
that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The one silver
lining--new school, new you, right? But the few Black kids at school seem to be
gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of micro-aggressors to
future Neo-Nazis. Mixed race, acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't
know where he fits until he meets Ty, a young Black punk who introduces him to
the school outsiders--skaters, unhappy young rebels, caught up in the punk
groundswell sweeping the country.
A haircut, a few Sex Pistols,
Misfits and Black Flag records later: suddenly, James has friends, romantic
prospects, and knows the difference between a bass and a guitar. But this
desolate landscape hides brutal, building undercurrents: a classmate overdoses,
a friend must prove himself to his white supremacist brother and the local
Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. Everything and everyone are set
to collide at one of the year's biggest shows in town...
10 True Tales: World
War I Heroes by Allan Zullo. J NF
Corporal Alvin York is
armed only with courage and marksmanship. Can he save his unit under deadly
attack by German machine-gun nests? Plucked off his sinking ship by a U-boat,
Navy Lieutenant Edouard Izak is sent to a POW camp deep in German territory.
Can he engineer a daring escape? The soldiers of the 8th Illinois--all African
Americans--face bitter racism and segregation. Can they overcome bigotry to
fight with valor and distinction? These and other brave heroes risked their
lives serving their country in World War I. You will never forget their
courageous true stories.
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