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The Romantic Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on October 3, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Preakness Branch Library. Any questions contact Janette Pardo 973-694-7110 X207.

The Girl Before: A Novel

JP DELANEY

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In the tradition of The Girl on the Train, The Silent Wife, and Gone Girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of dup
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The Preakness Page Turners Discussion Group will meet on October 10, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Preakness Branch Library. Any questions contact Janette Pardo 973-694-7110 X207.

 

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

Lisa See · Scribner
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple.

Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine,...
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Author Book Talk and Signing
Welcome Mel Greenberg who will talk about her debut novel:
"Running With Our Eyes Closed"
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 7:00 pm 
Wayne Public Library 461 Valley Road Location
Meeting Room A

The Classics Fiction Discussion Group will meet on October 12, 2018 @ 2:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Pat Padden at 973-694-427

The Ghost Stories of M.R. James

M. R. James

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The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on October 16, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Patty Slezak at 973-694-4272 X 5416.

The Housekeeper and the Professor

YoÌ?ko Ogawa · Picador
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback

He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem -- ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.
She is an astute young Housekeeper -- with a ten-year-old son -- who is hired to care for the Professor.
And every morning,...

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The Mystery Book Discussion Group will meet on October 17, 2018 @ 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Pat Zerbe or Deborah Rosenblatt at 973-694-4272 X 5401.

 

Marker

Robin Cook · Thorndike Press; 1 edition
Format: Large Print]

A New York Times Bestselling Author The master of the medical thriller returns with his most heart-pounding tale yet - an electrifying page-turner as vivid as todays headlines, featuring New York City medical examiners Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton.Simultaneous publication...
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The Monthly Monday Book Talk Group will meet on October 22, 2018 @ 6:15 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Eleana Cordova at 973-694-4272 X 5406

The Pearl that Broke Its Shell: A Novel

Nadia Hashimi · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted...
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The Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on November 7, 2018 @ 10:00 a.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Pat Padden at 973-694-4272 X 5410.

 

The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New

Annie Dillard · Ecco, 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In recognition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection, including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself.

"A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded...

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