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Book talk for January 14, 2025
Papa Married a Mormon
by John Dennis Fitzgerald
Cheerful reminiscences of the author's early life on the old Utah frontier where his father, a respected Roman Catholic newspaper editor, and his spunky Morman mother made an unorthodox but very happy home for their children.
DB13297
The Braille Killer: An Alice Bergman Novel
by Daniel Kuhnley
"Blind at birth, Alice Bergman's sight has been restored--but her childhood struggles and the assault she endured have never been forgotten. For the last ten years, she's been secretly receiving letters from her attacker-letters written in Braille. Now a homicide detective, Alice is assigned a murder case. The victim? A blind girl. The scene is preternaturally clean, far more than can be explained in any rational way. Alice is able to relive the girl's last moments-but she can't see the girl's killer. That doesn't matter, though. Alice knows the killer is the same person who attacked her as a teen."-- From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
DB124174
The things we do for Love
by Kristin Hannah
"Years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child have broken more than Angie DeSaria’s heart. Following a painful divorce, she moves back to her small Pacific Northwest hometown and takes over management of her family’s restaurant. In West End, where life rises and falls like the tides, Angie’s fortunes will drastically change yet again when she meets and befriends a troubled young woman. Angie hires Lauren Ribido because she sees something special in the seventeen-year-old. They quickly form a deep bond, and when Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie offers the girl a place to stay. But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. Together, these two women—one who longs for a child and the other who longs for a mother’s love—will be tested in ways that neither could have imagined." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
DB116672
Two by Two
by Nicholas Sparks
Russell Green is happily married, has a daughter, and loves working as an advertising executive. He is stunned when he loses his wife and job in rapid succession, and he struggles to raise his daughter. Bestseller. 2016.
BR21824 DB85812
A Patchwork Planet
by Anne Tyler
Thirty-year-old Barnaby Gaitlin is the black sheep of his genteel Baltimore family, who attribute their successes to advice from a series of angels. After a youth of petty crime, Barnaby now works for Rent-a-Back doing chores for elderly people. On the train to visit his young daughter, Barnaby thinks he has finally met his own angel. Bestseller.
DB46222
Gone
by Lisa Gardner
Private investigator Pierce Quincy's partner -- who is also his lover -- is missing, as is the child whose case she's been working on. Then her car is found with blood stains.
BRC01045 DB61335
A Prisoner of Birth
Jeffrey Archer
London mechanic Danny Cartwright and his fiancée are celebrating their engagement with her brother when four men attack them. The strangers kill the brother and frame Danny for murder. Sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, Danny gets an unexpected chance for vengeance. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008.
DB66147
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
Kentucky, 1936. Nineteen-year-old Cussy Mary Carter has been working as part of the Pack Horse Library Project, but her father hopes she'll marry--despite the family trait of blue skin. In addition to her father's hopes, Cussy must also face the prejudice of the community she serves. Some violence and some strong language. 2019.
BR24038 DB95243
The Book Woman's Daughter
by Kim Michele Richardson
As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding in the Kentucky mountains from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Sequel to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (DB 95243). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB108304
A continual feast: words of comfort and celebration collected by Father Tim
by Jan Karon
Words of wisdom, faith, and encouragement, as well as lively ideas, humor, commonsense advice, and more, that fictional Father Tim of Mitford has collected over the years from writers, philosophers, and the Bible. Companion to Patches of Godlight (DB 61575). 2005.
DB62403 BR16532
A true history of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and of the Conspiracy of 1865
by Louis J Weichmann and A. C Richards
An account of the assassination of Lincoln and its aftermath by a boarder at the Surratt home who later served as a chief witness against the conspirators.
DB12880
Criminal Conversations
by Evan Hunter
New York District Attorney Michael Welles learns that young playboy Andrew Faviola is acting head of the Mafia operation run by his imprisoned father, Anthony Faviola. Planning to take him down, Welles orders heavy surveillance of the younger Faviola. What Welles doesn't realize is that his wife is having an affair with the mafioso, who has hidden his true identity from her. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex.
BR09797DB39286
Girl in Translation
by Jean Kwok
Eleven-year-old Ah-Kim "Kimberly" Chang and her widowed mother move to New York City before the 1997 Chinese takeover of their native Hong Kong. They live in an unheated apartment and work in Kimberly's aunt's Brooklyn sweatshop. But Kimberly's intelligence earns her a private-school scholarship and hope for the future. 2010.
DB73069
A Spell for trouble
by Esme Addison
"Aleksandra Daniels hasn't set foot in the quiet seaside town of Bellamy Bay, North Carolina in over twenty years. Ever since her mother's tragic death, her father has mysteriously forbidden her from visiting her aunt and cousins. But on a whim, Alex accepts an invitation to visit her estranged relatives and to help them in their family business: an herbal apothecary known for its remarkably potent teas, salves, and folk remedies. Bellamy Bay doesn't look like trouble, but this is a town that harbors dark secrets. Alex discovers that her own family is at the center of salacious town gossip and that they are rumored to be magical healers descended from mermaids. She brushes this off as nonsense until a local is poisoned and her aunt Lidia is arrested for the crime. Alex is certain Lidia is being framed, and she resolves to find out why. Alex's investigation unearths stories that some have gone to desperate lengths to conceal: forbidden affairs, family rivalries, and the truth about Alex's own ancestry. And when the case turns deadly, Alex learns that not only are these secrets worth hiding, but they may even be worth killing for." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
DB111118
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By Jenny Sparks and Nolan CrabbBook talk for January 14, 2025
Papa Married a Mormon
by John Dennis Fitzgerald
Cheerful reminiscences of the author's early life on the old Utah frontier where his father, a respected Roman Catholic newspaper editor, and his spunky Morman mother made an unorthodox but very happy home for their children.
DB13297
The Braille Killer: An Alice Bergman Novel
by Daniel Kuhnley
"Blind at birth, Alice Bergman's sight has been restored--but her childhood struggles and the assault she endured have never been forgotten. For the last ten years, she's been secretly receiving letters from her attacker-letters written in Braille. Now a homicide detective, Alice is assigned a murder case. The victim? A blind girl. The scene is preternaturally clean, far more than can be explained in any rational way. Alice is able to relive the girl's last moments-but she can't see the girl's killer. That doesn't matter, though. Alice knows the killer is the same person who attacked her as a teen."-- From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
DB124174
The things we do for Love
by Kristin Hannah
"Years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child have broken more than Angie DeSaria’s heart. Following a painful divorce, she moves back to her small Pacific Northwest hometown and takes over management of her family’s restaurant. In West End, where life rises and falls like the tides, Angie’s fortunes will drastically change yet again when she meets and befriends a troubled young woman. Angie hires Lauren Ribido because she sees something special in the seventeen-year-old. They quickly form a deep bond, and when Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie offers the girl a place to stay. But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. Together, these two women—one who longs for a child and the other who longs for a mother’s love—will be tested in ways that neither could have imagined." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
DB116672
Two by Two
by Nicholas Sparks
Russell Green is happily married, has a daughter, and loves working as an advertising executive. He is stunned when he loses his wife and job in rapid succession, and he struggles to raise his daughter. Bestseller. 2016.
BR21824 DB85812
A Patchwork Planet
by Anne Tyler
Thirty-year-old Barnaby Gaitlin is the black sheep of his genteel Baltimore family, who attribute their successes to advice from a series of angels. After a youth of petty crime, Barnaby now works for Rent-a-Back doing chores for elderly people. On the train to visit his young daughter, Barnaby thinks he has finally met his own angel. Bestseller.
DB46222
Gone
by Lisa Gardner
Private investigator Pierce Quincy's partner -- who is also his lover -- is missing, as is the child whose case she's been working on. Then her car is found with blood stains.
BRC01045 DB61335
A Prisoner of Birth
Jeffrey Archer
London mechanic Danny Cartwright and his fiancée are celebrating their engagement with her brother when four men attack them. The strangers kill the brother and frame Danny for murder. Sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, Danny gets an unexpected chance for vengeance. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008.
DB66147
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
Kentucky, 1936. Nineteen-year-old Cussy Mary Carter has been working as part of the Pack Horse Library Project, but her father hopes she'll marry--despite the family trait of blue skin. In addition to her father's hopes, Cussy must also face the prejudice of the community she serves. Some violence and some strong language. 2019.
BR24038 DB95243
The Book Woman's Daughter
by Kim Michele Richardson
As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding in the Kentucky mountains from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Sequel to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (DB 95243). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB108304
A continual feast: words of comfort and celebration collected by Father Tim
by Jan Karon
Words of wisdom, faith, and encouragement, as well as lively ideas, humor, commonsense advice, and more, that fictional Father Tim of Mitford has collected over the years from writers, philosophers, and the Bible. Companion to Patches of Godlight (DB 61575). 2005.
DB62403 BR16532
A true history of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and of the Conspiracy of 1865
by Louis J Weichmann and A. C Richards
An account of the assassination of Lincoln and its aftermath by a boarder at the Surratt home who later served as a chief witness against the conspirators.
DB12880
Criminal Conversations
by Evan Hunter
New York District Attorney Michael Welles learns that young playboy Andrew Faviola is acting head of the Mafia operation run by his imprisoned father, Anthony Faviola. Planning to take him down, Welles orders heavy surveillance of the younger Faviola. What Welles doesn't realize is that his wife is having an affair with the mafioso, who has hidden his true identity from her. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex.
BR09797DB39286
Girl in Translation
by Jean Kwok
Eleven-year-old Ah-Kim "Kimberly" Chang and her widowed mother move to New York City before the 1997 Chinese takeover of their native Hong Kong. They live in an unheated apartment and work in Kimberly's aunt's Brooklyn sweatshop. But Kimberly's intelligence earns her a private-school scholarship and hope for the future. 2010.
DB73069
A Spell for trouble
by Esme Addison
"Aleksandra Daniels hasn't set foot in the quiet seaside town of Bellamy Bay, North Carolina in over twenty years. Ever since her mother's tragic death, her father has mysteriously forbidden her from visiting her aunt and cousins. But on a whim, Alex accepts an invitation to visit her estranged relatives and to help them in their family business: an herbal apothecary known for its remarkably potent teas, salves, and folk remedies. Bellamy Bay doesn't look like trouble, but this is a town that harbors dark secrets. Alex discovers that her own family is at the center of salacious town gossip and that they are rumored to be magical healers descended from mermaids. She brushes this off as nonsense until a local is poisoned and her aunt Lidia is arrested for the crime. Alex is certain Lidia is being framed, and she resolves to find out why. Alex's investigation unearths stories that some have gone to desperate lengths to conceal: forbidden affairs, family rivalries, and the truth about Alex's own ancestry. And when the case turns deadly, Alex learns that not only are these secrets worth hiding, but they may even be worth killing for." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
DB111118