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Playing with Matches
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Playing with Matches

Hannah Orenstein | AUDIO,  Dec 01, 2018

Recommended for large public libraries and for leisure collections in university libraries. ["With an ending twist that will hit readers like a splash of vodka and tonic in the face of their blind date, this novel is one to pack in your beach bag": LJ 6/1/18 review of the Touchstone hc.]
The Melody
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The Melody

Jim Crace | AUDIO,  Oct 01, 2018

Highly recommended for adult collections of modern fiction or leisure listening in colleges, universities, and public libraries. ["Slim yet at times overextended, this wistful story of memory, family conflict, and human small-mindedness will satisfy literary readers in an autumnal mood": LJ 5/15/18 review of the Doubleday hc.]
Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

John Leland | MEDIA,  Jun 15, 2018

Listeners will want to find out exactly what happens to each individual profiled after the year ends. Highly recommended.
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
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The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath

Leslie Jamison | AUDIO,  Apr 15, 2018

Recommended for large public libraries.
Girl Unknown
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Girl Unknown

Karen Perry | MYSTERY,  Jan 01, 2018

Two competing unreliable narrators create an unsettling, intense atmosphere in this domestic thriller. Though the foreshadowing can feel heavy-handed at times, Perry (The Innocent Sleep) delivers a twist ending that will make readers want to start again from the beginning. [See Prepub Alert, 8/13/17.]
The Gift of Anger and Other Lessons Learned from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
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The Gift of Anger and Other Lessons Learned from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi

Arun Gandhi | AUDIO,  Nov 15, 2017

Recommended for large public libraries and university collections with a focus on social justice and peace.
If We're Together, Why Do I Feel So Alone? How To Build Intimacy with an Emotionally Unavailable Partner
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If We're Together, Why Do I Feel So Alone? How To Build Intimacy with an Emotionally Unavailable Partner

Holly Parker | AUDIO,  Aug 01, 2017

Recommended for large public library collections.
Worth It: Your Life, Your Money, Your Terms
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Worth It: Your Life, Your Money, Your Terms

Amanda Steinberg | AUDIO,  May 15, 2017

Recommended as a secondary purchase for large libraries.
Rise: How a House Built a Family
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Rise: How a House Built a Family

Cara Brookins | AUDIO,  May 01, 2017

Highly recommended for all public libraries and university browsing sections.
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