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The Romantic Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on June 5, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Preakness Branch Library. Any questions contact Janette Pardo 973-694-7110 X5603.

 

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: A Novel

BALLI KAUR JASWAL · William Morrow
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover

A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages - a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.Every woman has a secret life . . .Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local...
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The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on June 11, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Patty Slezak at 973-694-4272 X 5416.

Miller's Valley

Anna Quindlen · Random House
Pages: 257
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In a small town on the verge of big change, a young woman unearths deep secrets about her family and unexpected truths about herself. Filled with insights that are the hallmark of Anna Quindlen's bestsellers, Miller's Valley is an emotionally powerful story...
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The Preakness Page Turners Discussion Group will meet on June 12, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Preakness Branch Library. Any questions contact Janette Pardo 973-694-7110 X5603.

 

My grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry : a novel

Fredrik Backman; Henning Koch · Atria Books
Pages: 372
Format: Print book

A charming, warmhearted novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy - as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa's best,...
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The Classics Fiction Discussion Group will meet on June 14, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Pat Padden at 973-694-4272 X 5410.

 

Bridesmaid Revisited

Dorothy Cannell

Ellie visits three elderly women, the bridesmaids from her late grandmother's wedding, who have informed her that her grandmother needs to communicate a message to her from beyond the grave. Tour.
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The Mystery Book Discussion Group will meet on June 19, 2019 @ 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.

 

Murder in the White House: A Novel

Margaret Truman · Arbor House Pub Co; First Edition edition
Pages: 235
Format: Hardcover

In a town where the weapon of choice is usually a well-aimed rumor, the strangling of Secretary of State Lansard Blaine in the Lincoln Bedroom is a gruesome first. White House counsel Ron Fairbanks is ordered to investigate. There are persistent rumors that the Secretary was an accomplished...
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The Monthly Monday Book Talk Group will meet on June 17, 2019 @ 6:15 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Eleana Cordova at 973-694-4272 X 5406

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee · Viking Adult; First Edition edition
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Waiting for the Barbarians and the Booker-Prize-winning Life Times of Michael K, a dazzling new novel--his first in five yearsDisgrace--set in post-apartheid Cape Town and on a remote farm in the Eastern Cape--is deft, lean, quiet, and brutal. A heartbreaking novel about...
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