Check out these great new reads
One of the best parts about being a librarian is the ability to see all the new books that are being published. And let’s face it: the smell of a brand new book is one of life’s hidden joys. Here are some of the most recent titles to join Lethbridge Public Library’s collections; descriptions provided by the publisher. Get your holds in now!
“Anxious People” — Fredrik Backman. Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be, and all of them — the bank robber included — desperately crave some sort of rescue.
“Caste” — Isabelle Wilkerson. Beyond race, class or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behaviour and the nation’s fate. Wilkerson examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. An Oprah’s Book Club pick.
“The Pull of the Stars” — Emma Donoghue. In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s regimented world step two outsiders — Dr. Kathleen Lynn and Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, these women change each other’s lives. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world.
“The End of Her” — Shari Lapena. Stephanie and Patrick are adjusting to life with their colicky twin girls. The babies are a handful, but even as Stephanie struggles with the disorientation of sleep deprivation, there’s one thing she’s sure of: she has all she ever wanted. Then Erica, a woman from Patrick’s past, appears and makes a disturbing accusation. Patrick had always said his first wife’s death was an accident, but now Erica claims it was murder.
“The Library of Legends” — Janie Chang. China, 1937. When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, 19-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of students, faculty and staff must walk 1,000 miles to the safety of China’s western provinces, a journey marred by the constant threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the refugees who are at risk;
Lian and her classmates have been entrusted with a priceless treasure: a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends.
If you enjoy these books, check out our Fall Reading Series at We will be having special guest authors join us online throughout the fall including Janie Chang, on Oct. 22; Jeff Rubin, on Nov. 12; and Shari Lapena, on Dec. 10. For full details visit our website and watch our social media feeds.
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