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Creation Lake
Adult Fiction. "The narrator of Kushner’s fourth novel goes by Sadie, though her real name - like much of her identity - is clouded in mystery. She works undercover to undermine environmental activists, formerly for the U.S. government, but since a case went sideways, she's gone freelance. Now, she's been commissioned by unnamed 'contacts' to disrupt...a small farming cooperative in southwestern France. As she enters their world, she processes their enthusiasm, their philosophy, and their paranoia, which escalates as a national minister plans a visit to the region, upping the stakes." Kirkus
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The Life Impossible
Adult Fiction. "When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend's life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past. ...[A] story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning." Publisher description
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Playground
Adult Fiction. "The tiny atoll of French Polynesia has been chosen for humanity's next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea, but first, the island's residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away. Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity." Publisher description
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Sunlight & Breadcrumbs
Adult Nonfiction. "For anyone who has felt bored by the grind of weeknight cooking, is looking for simple-but-exciting food to make for friends and family, or wants to encourage more creativity in their day to day, this book provides an inspiring reset, full of prompts to continue exploring our kitchens and lives with curiosity, an eye for detail, and joy. Renee highlights the little, easy things that take a simple dish from nice to memorable--like the rich crunch of olive oil-toasted breadcrumbs on top of a hearty escarole salad--and persuades us to seek out and celebrate these details." Publisher description
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We Solve Murders
Adult Fiction. "Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him at home. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy's job now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. Working in private security, every day is dangerous. She's currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author Rosie D'Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts...As a thrilling race around the world begins, can Amy and Steve outrun and outsmart a killer?" Publisher description
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All Fours
Adult Fiction. "Determined to become the sort of person who would do such a thing, a 45-year-old artist attempts to drive from L.A. to New York. She makes it a few towns from home before pausing at a motel, and the next morning decides to renovate room 321 in the fashion of an unforgettable Parisian hotel room. For check-ins with her husband and child, she keeps up the farce, pretending she's every place she planned to be on the 3-week round trip....[T]his is just the start of July's first novel since The First Bad Man, a brilliant, sexy, funny, ludicrously entertaining primal scream of a coming-of-middle-age story." Booklist
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James
Adult Fiction. "Everett portrays in this ingenious retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a Black man who's mastered the art of minstrelsy to get what he needs from gullible white people. Many of the same things happen as they do in Twain's original...The main difference is in the telling. Jim narrates, not Huck...Everett also pares down the prose and adds humor in place of sentimentality. Jim's wrenching odyssey concludes with remarkable revelations, violent showdowns, and insightful meditations on literature and philosophy. Everett has outdone himself." Publishers Weekly
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