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One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Nonfiction. "As an immigrant who came to the West, El Akkad believed that it promised freedom. But in the past twenty years, reporting on the War on Terror, Ferguson, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests, and watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, El Akkad has come to the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a chronicle of that painful realization, a moral grappling with what it means, as a citizen of the U.S., as a father, to carve out some sense of possibility in a time of carnage." Publisher description
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You Didn't Hear This From Me
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Nonfiction. "As the pandemic forced us to socialize at a distance, Kelsey McKinney was mourning the juicy updates and jaw-dropping stories she'd typically collect over drinks with friends - and from her hunger, the blockbuster Normal Gossip podcast was born. In You Didn't Hear This From Me, McKinney explores the murkiness of everyday storytelling. Why is gossip considered a sin, and how can we better recognize when it's being weaponized? Why do we think we're entitled to every detail of a celebrity's personal life? And how do we define 'gossip' anyway?" Publisher description
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Three Days in June
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Fiction. "Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job - or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn't even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail's ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life..." Publisher description
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The Queens of Crime
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Fiction. "Benedict vividly brings to life real Golden Age mystery novelists and a 1930s setting. Dorothy Sayers is miffed that she is considered just a second-tier member by the male writers of the Detection Club, although she's one of its founders. She calls on other women writers who live nearby - Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and Baroness Emma Orczy - to form their own rival group, the Queens of Crime. The men are not impressed, even when the Queens declare they will solve a real-life mystery, pooling their considerable talents to prove that their skill is equal to that of the men." Library Journal
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Victorian Psycho
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Fiction. "In this razor-sharp, fever dream of a novel, Feito delivers a wickedly entertaining twist on the Victorian governess tale, plunging readers into the unsettling world of Winifred Notty, a nanny with murderous tendencies. As Winifred steps into her role at Ensor House, she grapples with the tension between her dark nature and her new responsibilities, all while the family remains blissfully unaware of her true self. Victorian Psycho is a daring dive into dark comedy and horror, a thrill ride for fans of gothic mayhem and psychological intrigue." Booklist
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On the Hippie Trail
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Nonfiction. "In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied 'Hippie Trail' from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year-old Rick Steves made the trek, and like a travel writer in training, he documented everything along the way: jumping off a moving train, making friends in Tehran, getting lost in Lahore, getting high for the first time in Herat, battling leeches in Pokhara, and much more. The experience ignited his love of travel and forever broadened his perspective on the world. You know Rick Steves. Now discover the adventure that made him the travel writer he is today." Publisher description
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The Mother Next Door
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Nonfiction. "No bond is more sacred than that between a mother and child. And no one is more sympathetic than a mother whose child faces a life-threatening illness. But what if the mother is the cause of the illness? What if the sympathy is the point? The Mother Next Door offers a groundbreaking look at Munchausen by Proxy from an unlikely duo: a Seattle novelist whose own family was torn apart by it, and the Texas detective who has worked on more medical child abuse cases than anyone in the nation." Publisher description
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Memorial Days
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Nonfiction. "On Memorial Day, 2019, Tony Horwitz, Brooks' 60-year-old husband, collapsed on a street in Washington, D.C., and died. In the days and months that followed, Brooks found herself hiding behind a 'heavy and elaborate' facade, 'a fugitive from my own feelings.' Finally, in February 2023, she traveled to a remote island off the coast of her native Australia to allow herself to mourn. In alternating chapters, Brooks creates an absorbing memoir of shocking loss and protracted grief as she reflects on her marriage, her driven, Type A husband, and her future alone. A graceful and moving meditation on bereavement." Kirkus
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Gliff
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Fiction. "Smith delivers an ingenious speculative novel in which two children come to terms with the mysteries of their unnamed country... The narrator, a 16-year-old boy named Brice, accompanies his younger sister, Rose, to see off their mother after she's forced to leave for work in a far-off city. Upon returning to their house, the siblings find it encircled with a red line. As the story progresses, it becomes clear their mother is a whistleblower who has exposed the wrongdoings of a weed-killer conglomerate... [T]he lush narrative doubles as an anthem of resistance, in this case against tyranny and the destruction of the environment. The results are extraordinary." Publishers Weekly
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The Bones Beneath My Skin
NEW FOR FEBRUARY! Adult Fiction. "It is spring 1995, and Nate is a broken man. His parents are dead, his brother estranged, and his job... has been taken away from him. Hoping to collect himself and see what comes next, Nate heads to the mountains of Oregon, where his family summer cabin lies... Except, upon his arrival, Nate finds a man named Alex there, along with a 10-year-old girl who calls herself Artemis Darth Vader. Caught between his wounded past and an unexpected future, Nate joins Alex and Artemis in their frantic race for freedom. Artemis's name is actually the least unusual thing about her, and those hunting for Artemis want her back - no matter what." Library Journal
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