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Where you come from
Par Saša Stanišić. 2021
In August, 1992, a boy and his mother flee the war in Yugoslavia and arrive in Germany. Six months later,…
the boy's father joins them, bringing a brown suitcase, insomnia, and a scar on his thigh. Translated from the 2019 German edition. Strong language and some violence. 2021The girl who survived
Par Lisa Jackson. 2022
"Has she already had her last chance to be the final girl? All her life, she's been the girl who…
survived. Orphaned at age seven after a horrific killing spree at her family's Oregon cabin, Kara McIntyre is still searching for some kind of normal. But now, twenty years later, the past has come thundering back. Her brother, Jonas, who was convicted of the murders has unexpectedly been released from prison. The press is in a frenzy again. And suddenly, Kara is receiving cryptic messages from her big sister, Marlie-who hasn't been seen or heard from since that deadly Christmas Eve when she hid little Kara in a closet with a haunting, life-saving command: Don't make a sound. As people close to her start to die horrible deaths, Kara, who is slowly and surely unraveling, believes she is the killer's ultimate target. Kara survived once. But will she survive again? How many times can she be the girl who survived?" -- Provided by publisherDemasiado no es suficiente (Max Lomas #03)
Par Martín Casariego. 2022
"After a few years with more shadows than lights between Colombia, Mexico and Iraq, Max returns to Madrid in 2004.…
In a bar, the city and the memory of Elsa come crashing down on him when he discovers, among his bottles, the sculpture of Bastet that adorned El Gato Azul. There he meets Robocop, a former companion from his time as a bodyguard in the Basque Country, and now under the orders of SK, an unscrupulous businessman who will offer him an astronomical sum to risk his life to rescue his daughter Sibila, who has fallen into the hands of the ruthless Bulgarian mafia. But this has only just begun...." -- Translation provided by NLSOdd man out: a year on the mound with a minor league misfit
Par Matt McCarthy. 2009
This book is a great inside look at what it's like for an Ivy League graduate to try to blend…
in as one of the boys as a rookie in the low minors in Mormon country. Funny, touching, and always interesting, this is a must read for any baseball fan. Adult. UnratedThe enlightenment of Angeline
Par Joshua Berkov. 2020
Set in the fictitious Eastern North Carolina small town of Shelbington, Angeline has been given a terminal diagnosis, with mere…
months left to live. Upon learning of this news, her adult children and grandchildren come home for one last visit. There is no love lost between any of the family members, and they all have secrets that they voluntarily or involuntarily reveal throughout the course of the novel. Adult. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong languageIn the way
Par Grace Livingston Hill. 2018
A young sister seeks out her two brothers after the death of the Aunt and Uncle who raised her as…
their own. Following God's path, she sets out to brighten their lives. They are wary of the sister they never knew and all the strange ideas she brings to their sleepy, little farm town. AdultWed, read & dead (Mystery bookshop mystery #04)
Par V. M Burns. 2019
"Bookstore owner Samantha Washington sells and solves mysteries in North Harbor, Michigan--including the murder of her mother's wedding planner...Sam's mother…
can't wait to wed her wealthy beau, Harold Robertson. The big mystery is how they're going to pull off a lavish wedding in three weeks. Harold's snobby sister-in-law proposes a solution: engage flamboyant wedding planner Lydia Lighthouse. But their beacon of hope quickly sends everyone into a blind rage, most of all the groom-to-be. So when the maddening micromanager is strangled with her own scarf, it's a shock, but not a surprise. It's a case of art imitating life as Sam pens her next historical mystery set in England between the wars. Lady Daphne Marsh insists on marrying Lord James Browning on Christmas Eve, three weeks hence. But when the fop planning their wedding ends up with a knife in his back, she vows to nab the backstabber before she walks down the aisle. Meanwhile, when she's not writing, Sam and her beloved and boisterous Nana Jo rush to shine a light on Lydia's killer--so her mother's new husband won't spend his honeymoon behind bars..." -- Provided by publisherEl próximo año en la Habana
Par Chanel Cleeton. 2020
"When her grandmother Elisa Perez dies, Marisol Ferrera--who grew up on Elisa's romanticized tales of Cuba--travels to Havana to learn…
more. Meanwhile, in 1958, nineteen-year-old Elisa has lived a sheltered life, but she falls in love with a passionate revolutionary. And as Marisol discovers these family secrets, she, too, falls in love." -- Provided by NLSLa noche en la Zona M (A través del espejo)
Par Alberto Chimal. 2019
"In a futuristic dystopian world, civilization as we know it has fallen, even Mexico City, which has been divided into…
a set of kingdoms that maintain a fragile peace and try to survive by taking advantage of leftover technology from another era. In the kingdom of the Center lives Sita, a teenager who, along with her grandmother Lucina, is in charge of maintaining communications at the Fort, the local chief's base. Both live with Celeste: the consciousness of a woman who knew the ancient times and is now stored in a computer. When Sita learns of their plans for her, she decides to make an escape to a better place, but along the way she will encounter dangerous threats from which no one has ever escaped alive." -- Translation provided by NLSMy killer vacation
Par Tessa Bailey. 2022
"It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod--just me and my beloved brother--but discovering a…
corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders. A brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary schoolteacher: the murder-solving team no one asked for, but thanks to these pesky attempts on my life, we're stuck together, come hell or high tide. I'm just here to do a job, not babysit an amateur sleuth. Although...it is becoming less and less of a hardship to have her around. Sure, she's stubborn, distracting and can't stay out of harm's way. She's also brave and beautiful and reminds me of the home I left behind three years ago. In other words, the insatiable hunger and protectiveness she is waking up in me is a threat to my peace of mind. Before I sink any deeper into this dangerous attraction, I need to solve this murder and get back on the road. But will fate take her from me before I realize the road has been leading to her all along?" -- Provided by publisherZoya
Par Danielle Steel. 2011
"Orphaned as a result of the Russian Revolution, the aristocratic Zoya escapes to Paris in l9l7. There she meets and…
marries American major Andrews, and they move to America. Left a widow with two small children during the 1929 stock market crash, Zoya struggles to cope with economic changes, World War II, and the l970s." -- Provided by NLSLo demás es aire (Biblioteca breve (Barcelona, Spain))
Par Juan Gómez Bárcena. 2022
"Toñanes is the small village in Cantabria where Emilio and Mercedes have just bought a second home. They have savings,…
two girls, and a baby on the way, and a little house near the sea seems like a good idea. They do not yet know that the pregnancy will be so complicated that they will have to decide whether they want to go ahead with the pregnancy; that they will doubt until the last moment whether or not their child will be able to run through that garden. It is spring 1984 and there are six months to go before the due date. But it is also 1633 and it is winter and Juan and Juliana have just lost their third baby, and it is 1946 and Luis and Teresa are dancing at the procession, and it is 1753 and Francisca is learning to write in secret and it is 1937 and the whole town is hiding in the same cave and it is the Cretaceous and an ammonite has to die so that in 1995 a child can find it. It all happens in the same place at the same time, in that village that has only thirty-four houses, one church, and no bar." -- Translation provided by NLSThe secret mother
Par Shalini Boland. 2019
"'Are you my mummy?' Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in her kitchen. He thinks she's his mother.…
But Tessa doesn't have any children. Not anymore. She doesn't know who the little boy is or how he got there. After contacting the police, Tessa is suspected of taking the mystery child. Her whole life is turned upside down. And then her husband reveals a secret of his own.... Tessa isn't sure what to believe or who to trust. Because someone is lying. To find out who, she must confront her painful past. But is the truth more dangerous than Tessa realises?" -- Provided by publisherDía cero (John Puller novel. Spanish #01)
Par David Baldacci. 2014
"When a colonel and his family are murdered in their remote West Virginia home, the army sends investigator John Puller…
to the crime scene. Puller arrives to find yet another body, and joins forces with the local detective investigating the case, sergeant Samantha Cole." -- Provided by NLSComo los pájaros aman el aire (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain) #352)
Par Martín Casariego. 2016
"Fernando leads a solitary existence. Fleeing from his former life, he has moved to a small apartment in the neighborhood…
of Lavapiés, Madrid. Lost, he wanders the streets with a camera and glasses that belonged to his recently deceased father, searching for him in the faces of the people he portrays. His wandering will lead him to meet Irina, a young Lithuanian woman recently arrived in Madrid. From then on, without abandoning the ghostly puzzle of a dead man, he will see how his existence takes a turn as he tries to complete another even more complicated one: that of the mysterious woman he has just met. In the background is a dark world, but Fernando cannot give up the light that has begun to illuminate his life..." -- Translation provided by NLSLa expansión del universo
Par Ramiro Sanchiz. 2018
"One summer afternoon in Pinamar, Argentina, Federico decides to venture beyond the limit that his grandparents have imposed for his…
bike rides. This is how he discovers, among the trees, a dead man. It is the eighties, and the signs of the past violence are still there. Settled in the present, an adult Federico living in Barcelona will try to go back to that foundational event to understand what happened afterwards; why life unfolded the way it did and what was the meaning of it all: his grandfather's obsession, his mother's silence, his father's reticence and his uncle's mysterious behavior. Hovering over those targets in his story (and in History), Federico confronts a mystery that reappears in his photos and his memories." -- Translation provided by NLSAunque nada perdure (Biblioteca breve (Mexico City, Mexico))
Par José Adiak Montoya. 2020
"While a generation of dictators remain in power and armed conflicts are the national hallmark, one of Nicaragua's most important…
plastic artists increases her presence within and outside of the borders. The eldest daughter of a Danish family settled in the country in the 1920s, Edith Gron developed a wonderful life at the stroke of a chisel; she took whatever material she had in front of her and shaped it into something resembling true life, firm and grounded. She was able to assimilate the entire Central American identity and pour her passion into a series of busts and sculptures that crossed borders that were once thought impassable. Touching and rich in images, Although Nothing Lasts is the story of an exodus that seemed almost impossible: from the icy sea of northern Europe to the American tropics, Edith's entire existence will be a struggle to survive. As a metaphor for earthquakes, she and her family will find the means to rebuild after landslides, accidents and illnesses, in a country in full effervescence and in search of their identity. José Adiak Montoya freezes a nation's dreams with those of an artist of universal transcendence, who in the stone found the support to make life last just a little longer." -- Translation provided by NLSThe Amish quilter (Women of Lancaster County #05)
Par Mindy Starns Clark. 2018
"Linda Mueller lives an orderly, uneventful existence, content to divide her time between creating the beautiful quilts for which she…
is known and working at an Englisch fabric shop. Idealistic to a fault, Linda has never found a man worth marrying-until she meets Isaac Mast, a newcomer to Lancaster County and a talented painter. As they bond over their respective crafts, Linda is drawn to Isaac's kind ways, humble spirit, and intriguing personality, and soon the seams of her carefully-constructed world begin to loosen. With Isaac's help, she explores the story of her late grandmother, also a gifted artist. But when an astonishing truth comes to light, Linda faces a grave decision, one that could destroy any hope of a future with Isaac. Will their dreams of a life together completely unravel? Or can she find some way to stitch them back together again?" -- Provided by publisherRosie colored glasses
Par Brianna Wolfson. 2018
Whimsical, heartbreaking and uplifting, this is a novel about the many ways love can find you. Rosie Colored Glasses triumphs…
with the most endearing examples of how mothers and fathers and sons and daughters bend for one another. Just as opposites attract, they can also cause friction, and no one feels that friction more than Rex and Rosie's daughter, Willow. Rex is serious and unsentimental and tapes checklists of chores on Willow's bedroom door. Rosie is sparkling and enchanting and meets Willow in their treehouse in the middle of the night to feast on candy. After Rex and Rosie's divorce, Willow finds herself navigating their two different worlds. She is clearly under the spell of her exciting, fun-loving mother. But as Rosie's behavior becomes more turbulent, the darker underpinnings of her manic love are revealed. Rex had removed his Rosie colored glasses long ago, but will Willow do the same? UnratedEl clima de Los Ángeles
Par María Amparo Escandón. 2022
"Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants a little rain. He's harboring a costly secret that distracts…
him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage." -- Provided by NLS