These titles are up for publication in August and September.
Title: The Bedlam Stacks
Author: Natasha Pulley
Pulley’s follow up to her 2015 novel, The Watchmaker of Filligree Street is a mix of fantasy, steam punk, and magic realism. The story opens in 1859 England with a bed-ridden Merrick Tremayne, a character who is recovering from terrible leg injury. Tremayne is soon recruited by the India Office to go on mission to Peru to gather quinine, a cure for malaria. Filled with tales of a cursed woods, lost time, and animated statues, this novel will appeal to fans of magic realism and fantasy. (Publication: August 2017).
Title: George & Lizzie
Author: Nancy Pearl
NPR’s book commentator, Nancy Pearl, tackles a marriage in distress in her new novel George and Lizzie. Lizzie, the protagonist, has been married to George for some years but can’t seem to forget her college boyfriend or the psychological consequences of something terrible she did in high school. George knows that he and Lizzie have issues and that she may not even truly love him, but chooses to ignore their problems and focuses on this dental career instead. (Publication: September 2017)
Title: See What I Have Done
Author: Sarah Schmidt
The infamous case of Lizzie Borden is brought to life in this new novel by Sarah Schmidt. August 4, 1892 begins when Lizzie claims to find her parents dead in their Massachusetts home. The reason behind their murder is mysterious to those who knew the Bordens. As investigators try to understand what actually happened on the morning of the killings, the reader is pulled into the various perspectives of Lizzie, her sister Emma, a maid, and a stranger. (Publication: August 2017)
Title: Little Fires Everywhere
Author: Celeste Ng
Little Fires Everywhere focuses on Elena Richardson who is perfectly content with her suburban life in Ohio. Elena’s life is shaken up by the arrival of Mia Warren, a single mother and artist. When Mia begins renting a home from Elena and her husband, everyone seems drawn to the new neighbors, including the Richardson’s four children. Mia’s nontraditional life and mysterious past is intriguing, but also threatening to the suburbanites who become determined to uncover her secrets. (Publication: September 2017)
Post by: Susie Rivera, Reference Specialist
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