Years later, Nathaniel embarks on a quest to discover the disturbing truth, and his own unwitting part in it. Casually watched over by a dodgy cast of characters - petty criminals, opera singers, and panting greyhounds - Nathaniel and Rachel try to make sense of their new world while struggling to define their parents’ shadowy wartime pasts. Warlight is the unexpected story of two teenagers abandoned by their enigmatic parents in post-war London. “With his usual virtuosity, master storyteller Michael Ondaatje delivers a mysterious, shimmering new coming-of-age novel. Or is it? It’s more a story of obsession.” -Jennifer Ohzourk, St. “Disturbing psychological suspense with an unreliable narrator. Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall (MCD: Macmillan) Who would suspect that the quiet California seaside tea shop waitress is actually an escaped mental patient? The second book in Quick’s Burning Cove series has the same 1930s vibe and glamorous, gossipy Hollywood ambiance as The Girl Who Knew Too Much.” -Beth Mills, New Rochelle Public Library, New Rochelle, NY Two LibraryReads selections publish this week: That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam (Ecco) The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham (Random) The Other Lady Vanishes by Amanda Quick (Berkley: Penguin LJ starred review)īarracoon : The Story of the Last “Black Cargo ” by Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad: Harper) The Crooked Staircase: A Jane Hawk Novel by Dean Koontz (Bantam: Random) Martin’s: Macmillan) leads holds this week. The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews (St. I look forward to your input-what works, what does not, what helps, what is needed? Write me at HERE to receive daily Book Pulse alerts in your inbox Book Pulse takes their vital work onward, continuing to nurture a community of librarians learning from and supporting each other and providing resources that help us excel at our jobs. Here you will find highlights of titles moving in the marketplace and getting buzz, bookish stories making news, and key items from the literary web.īook Pulse owes its existence to the legacy of Nora Rawlinson and EarlyWord as well as the work of Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords at the RAOnline Blog. Welcome to Book Pulse, a daily update designed to help collection development and readers’ advisory librarians navigate the never-ending wave of new books and book news.
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