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Age of American Unreason

By Susan Jacoby
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

“Dismayed by the average U.S. citizen's political and social apathy and the overall "crisis of memory and knowledge involving everything about the way we learn and think," Jacoby passionately argues that the nation's current cult of unreason has deadly and destructive consequences (the war in Iraq, for one) and traces the seeds of current anti-intellectualism (and its partner in crime, antirationalism) back to post-WWII society (Publishers Weekly).”

American Wife

By Curtis Sittenfeld
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

When her husband is elected president of the United States, Alice Blackwell finds her new life as first lady increasingly tumultuous as she recalls her early life, her courtship and marriage, and the crisis that nearly destroyed their relationship and reflects on the privileges and difficulties of her position as her private beliefs conflict with her public responsibilities.

Angela’s Ashes

By Frank McCourt
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

“The McCourts began their family in poverty in Brooklyn, yet when Angela slipped into depression after the death of her only daughter, the family reversed the tide of emigration and returned to Ireland, living on public assistance in Limerick. McCourts’ story is laced with the pain of extreme poverty, aggravated by an alcoholic father who abandoned the family during World War II. Given the burdens of grief and starvation, it's a tribute to his skill that he can serve the reader a tale of love, some sadness, but at least as much laughter as the McCourts' "Yankee" children knew growing up in the streets of Limerick (Library Journal).”

 

Became the movie: Angela’s Ashes

Assassination Vacation

By Sarah Vowell
Recommended By Sharon Long, Assistant Library Director

“Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other - a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage (From the Publisher).”

Boy Meets Girl

By Meg Cabot
Series Boy

“Twentysomething Kate Mackenzie, who works and lives in New York City, is a typical chick-lit heroine: she hates her boss and has just broken up with her longtime boyfriend because he can't commit. Her job as a human resources representative at the New York Journal brings her to the center of controversy when her boss makes her fire the popular Dessert Cart Lady, Ida Lopez …  The grievance suit that ensues brings Kate in contact with the perfect guy, but he's a lawyer, so it takes Kate a while to realize that they're meant to be together (Library Journal).”

Carlisle vs. Army

By Lars Anderson
Recommended By Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

“A stunning work of narrative nonfiction, Carlisle vs. Army recounts the fateful 1912 gridiron clash that pitted Jim Thorpe, one of America's finest athletes, against Dwight D. Eisenhower, the man who would become one of the nation's greatest heroes. But beyond telling the tale of an epic afternoon whose reverberations would be felt for generations, Lars Anderson also reveals the broader social and historical context of the match, lending it his unique perspectives on sports and culture at the dawn of the twentieth century (From the Publisher).”

Cellist of Sarajevo

By Steven Galloway

While a cellist plays at the site of a mortar attack to commemorate the deaths of twenty–two friends and neighbors, a woman sniper secretly protects the life of the cellist as her army becomes increasingly threatening.

Charming Billy

By Alice McDermott

“When Billy, the glue of a tight Irish community in New York, dies as a result of lifelong alcohol abuse, mourners gather around roast beef and green bean amandine to tell tales and ruminate on his struggle for happiness after he lost his first love, Eva. With carefully drawn character studies and gentle probing, McDermott, who won the National Book Award for this work, masterfully weaves a subtle but tenacious web of relationships to explore the devastation of alcoholism, the loss of innocence, the daily practice of love, and the redeeming unity of family and friendship (Library Journal).”

Corrections

By Jonathan Franzen
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Donna Burger, Readers' Services Librarian

Stretching from the Midwest at midcentury to the Wall Street and Eastern Europe of today, The Corrections brings an old–fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions into violent collision with the era of home surveillance, hands–off parenting, do– it–yourself mental health care, and globalized greed.

Curse of the Spellmans

By Lisa Lutz
Series Spellman Files
Recommended By Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference

“… Licensed P.I. Isabel "Izzy" Spellman has been arrested for the fourth time in two months, and no one from her oddball family of fellow investigators will bail her out. Her sister, Rae, has run over Izzy's "fiancé," Inspector Henry Stone, during a driving lesson. The senior Spellmans have staged a "disappearance," their term for a vacation where no one can reach them. To complicate Izzy's life further, a man with the suspiciously ordinary name of John Brown has moved next door, and she's absolutely positive he's up to no good. In other words, it's life as usual for the zany Spellmans, and who knows what will happen next (School Library Journal).”

Dune

By Frank Herbert
Series Dune Saga
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family - and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

 

Became the movie: Dune and Mini-Series: Dune.

House on Fortune Street

By Margot Livesey
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk

“The absorbing latest from Livesey opens multiple perspectives on the life of Dara MacLeod, a young London therapist…  The first of four sections follows Keats scholar Sean Wyman: his girlfriend, Abigail, is Dara's best friend, and the couple lives upstairs from Dara in the titular London house. While Dara tries to coax her boyfriend Edward to move out of the house he shares with his ex-girlfriend and daughter, Sean receives a mysterious letter implying that Abigail is having an affair, and both relationships start to fall apart… The pieces cross-reference and fit together seamlessly, with Dara's fate being revealed by the end of part one and explained in the denouement. Livesey's use of the classics enriches the narrative, giving Dara a larger-than-life resonance (Publishers Weekly).”

Legacy

By Peter Turnbull
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian

“One hot summer afternoon, musician, Nigel Swannell is distracted from his regular afternoon stroll by a swarm of flies by a thick undergrowth of gorse. Further investigation leads him to a shocking discovery: a headless, handless corpse has been dumped in the middle of the bush. Chief Detective Inspector Hennessey and Sergeant Yellich are soon on the case. A mysterious silver Mercedes has been in the area and the victim's family turns out to have been in line for a considerable inheritance from his acid-tongued, colonial and exceptionally wealthy mother, Mrs. Tansey. As the investigation progresses it appears that the victim's estranged wife, business partner as well as his disapproving mother all have their own secrets to hide... (From the Publisher).”

Namesake

By Jhumpa Lahiri
Recommended By Lakshmi Kasturi, Library Clerk

“A portrait of the immigrant experience follows the Ganguli family from their traditional life in India through their arrival in Massachusetts in the late 1960s and their difficult melding into an American way of life.”

 

Became the movie: The Namesake.

Not Me

By Michael Lavigne
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director

When Michael’s father, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, hands him a box of moldy old journals, an amazing adventure begins – one that takes the reader from the concentration camps of Poland to a love story in Palestine, from a cancer ward in New Jersey to a hopeless marriage in San Francisco. While reading the journals, Michael becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about his father.

Post-American World

By Fareed Zakaria
Recommended By John Shea, Library Page

“When a book proclaims that it is not about the decline of America but "the rise of everyone else," readers might expect another diatribe about our dismal post-9/11 world. They are in for a pleasant surprise as Newsweek editor and popular pundit Zakaria delivers a stimulating, largely optimistic forecast of where the 21st century is heading… A lucid, thought-provoking appraisal of world affairs, this book will engage readers on both sides of the political spectrum (Publishers Weekly).”

Turn Up the Heat

By Jessica Conant-Park
Series Gourmet Girl Mysteries
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“Chloe Carter has a lot on her plate-exams for grad school are coming up, and her chef boyfriend needs her support as his fledgling trendy restaurant comes into its own. The staff of Simmer gets along like petits pois in a pod, everyone pulling pranks on one another now and then. Everyone, that is, except for Leandra, a waitress who treats the busboys like chopped liver-and can never take a joke. One morning, Leandra's dead body is found in a fish truck. So people start to wonder: was this just a prank gone awry? Or did somebody actually want her to sleep with the fishes? (From the Publisher).”