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Fire Exit
NEW FOR JUNE! Adult Fiction. “From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine’s Penobscot Reservation, and, on the far bank, he caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth’s life—from the day she came home from the hospital to her early twenties; but there’s always been something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community… a secret Charles is no longer willing to keep.†Publisher description. “A wrenching story of dislocation and regret, sweetened with touches of humor…†Booklist
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Hip-hop Is History
NEW FOR JUNE! Adult Nonfiction. “Roots drummer Questlove lays down a kaleidoscopic chronicle of hip-hop's 50-year history of ‘diversity and vision... flummery and flaws,’ beginning with the 1973 Bronx party during which DJ Kool Herc began isolating and repeating songs' beats on turntables. Throughout, Questlove interweaves sharp and lyrical analyses of hip-hop's evolution with fascinating, up-close recollections of the genre's turning points. It's an exuberant account of a dynamic musical genre and the cultural climate in which it evolved.†Publishers Weekly
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I Shouldn't Be Telling You This
NEW FOR JUNE! Adult Nonfiction. “There are things Chelsea Devantez probably shouldn't be telling you. [S]ome are TMI: (a series of outrageous doctor visits that ended with one doctor misdiagnosing her as 'pregnant.' Woopsies!) Then there are things Chelsea really shouldn't be telling you: like the time her biggest family secret was publicly outed. Yet through it all, it's the women in Chelsea's life who kept her going —from the lowest points of her childhood…all the way to her career highs as the Emmy-nominated Head Writer for The Problem with Jon Stewart and sensational podcaster deemed ‘the celebrity memoir whisperer’ by her fans.†Publisher description
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One of Our Kind
NEW FOR JUNE! Adult Fiction. “When pregnant lawyer Jasmyn Williams, her husband, King, and their son, Kamau, move to Liberty, an upscale, all-Black enclave outside of Los Angeles, Jasmyn is excited to join a community that seems to have it all—safety, stability, and a wellness culture centered on a spa that Liberty’s residents organize their lives around. Then Jasmyn realizes how cloistered the community is… As she digs deeper into the workings of Liberty’s leadership and the nature of the treatments offered at the wellness center, she uncovers a horrifying secret that threatens… both her life and her sense of self as a Black woman in America.†Publishers Weekly
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One Week to Change the World
NEW FOR JUNE! Adult Nonfiction. “One week in late 1999, more than 50,000 people converged on Seattle. Their goal: to shut down the World Trade Organization conference. In more than 100 original interviews with protestors, police, politicians, anarchists, artists, activists, union members, and many others, Gibson…shows how so many of its themes remain just as pressing today, including the vitalness and difficulty of grassroots activism, the aspirations and limitations of globalization, the militarization of policing, the sensationalism of the media, and the undeniable power of the people.†Publisher description
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A Talent for Murder
NEW FOR JUNE! Adult Fiction. “Martha Ratliff, a librarian who never expected to fall in love, got married about a year ago. Her husband, Alan, is an unassuming man whose job frequently takes him on the road to conventions around the country. She loves him, but Martha has a problem: she has begun to suspect that he might be a serial killer. She enlists the aid of her old friend, Lily Kintner, who agrees to help Martha figure out what Alan has been up to. Swanson has written many excellent novels, but this one is certainly his most shocking.†Booklist
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Tehrangeles
NEW FOR JUNE! Adult Fiction. “Iranian-American multimillionaires Ali and Homa Milani have it all—a McMansion in the hills of Los Angeles, a microwaveable snack empire, and four spirited daughters. On the verge of landing their own reality TV show, the Milanis realize their deepest secrets are about to be dragged out into the open before the cameras even roll. Each of the Milanis—even their aloof Persian cat Pari—has something to hide, but the looming scrutiny of fame also threatens to bring the family closer than ever. Dramatic, biting yet full of heart, Tehrangeles is a tragicomic saga about high-functioning family dysfunction and the ever-present struggle to accept one’s true self.†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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Bite by Bite
Adult Nonfiction. “Poet and essayist Nezhukumatathil creates a graceful memoir centered on 40 different kinds of food, some exotic, some familiar, all evoking recollections of childhood, family, travels, friendships, and much more. With a father from India and a mother from the Philippines, some of the author's memories center on traditional food such as jackfruit, her favorite fruit, which she first tasted during a visit to her grandparents in Kerala. Her memoir is not unlike halo-halo, a mixture of unexpected ingredients that make for a delectable dessert. Savory food writing.†Kirkus
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Coming Home
Adult Nonfiction. “On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women's basketball team. Instead…she was arrested for mistakenly carrying under one gram of medically prescribed hash oil. In haunting and vivid detail, Brittney takes readers inside the horrors of a geopolitical nightmare spanning ten months. Coming Home is both a story of survival and a testament to…the bonds that brought Brittney home to her family, and at last, to herself.†Pub description
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