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Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart

28 Monday Mar 2016

Posted by Weston Public Library Staff in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humor

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New Jersey, organized crime, policewomen, sheriffs, Silk Workers' Strike - 1931

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I thoroughly enjoyed this work of historical fiction set in the early 1900’s about three sisters pursuing justice after a local bully crashes his motor car into their buggy and refuses to pay damages.  I sincerely hope Amy Stewart writes a sequel – one book about the Kopp sisters is not enough – it’s a feminist romp and a complete hoot!

“Constance Kopp, the feisty heroine of Amy Stewart’s charming novel “Girl Waits With Gun,” sounds like the creation of a master crime writer. At nearly 6 feet tall, Constance is a formidable character who can pack heat, deliver a zinger and catch a criminal without missing a beat. Based on the little-known story of the real Constance Kopp, one of America’s first female deputy sheriffs, the novel is an entertaining and enlightening story of how far one woman will go to protect her family.” —Washington Post 

“Stewart has spun a fine, historically astute novel…The sisters’ personalities flower under Stewart’s pen, contributing happy notes of comedy to a terrifying situation…And then there is Constance: Sequestered for years in the country and cowed by life, she develops believably into a woman who comes into herself, discovering powers long smothered under shame and resignation. I, for one, would like to see her return to wield them again in further installments.”—New York Times Book Review

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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

21 Monday Mar 2016

Posted by Weston Public Library Staff in Biography, Non-fiction

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husband and wife, lung cancer, neurosurgeons

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I read this on a snowy morning in one sitting.  Written by a neurosurgeon who passed away last year, this is a short but very powerful book. Paul Kalanithi was a successful neurosurgeon when he was diagnosed with lung cancer in his thirties. In addition to his work in medicine, he also studied literature, and this memoir is a beautiful combination of the two fields. His words and story are poignant and hard to forget “The future, instead of the ladder toward the goals of life, flattened out into a perpetual present.”

“Rattling, heartbreaking, and ultimately beautiful, the too-young Dr. Kalanithi’s memoir is proof that the dying are the ones who have the most to teach us about life.”—Atul Gawande

“A moving meditation on mortality by a gifted writer whose dual perspectives of physician and patient provide a singular clarity . . . Writing isn’t brain surgery, but it’s rare when someone adept at the latter is also so accomplished at the former.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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The Double Life of Liliane by Lily Tuck

14 Monday Mar 2016

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coming of age, families, Germany, girls, New York City

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Beautiful writing.  Complex at first as the reader swings between past and present, but I fell in love with the book by the end.

“[An}exquisitely crafted narrative collage.”—Jane Ciabattari, BBC.com

“Playful, buoyant prose and poignant scenes…that quicken the heart…In Tuck’s prose—… lively, dizzy, happy—one gets a contagious sense of fun that she has transmuting life into words.”—Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed review)

“Special, provocative, unusual.”—Booklist (starred review)

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Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash

02 Wednesday Mar 2016

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Appalachia, detectives, drug traffic, man-women relationships, mystery, nature, North Carolina, park rangers, poisoning, sheriffs

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Rash, with his evocative prose and poetry, takes the reader to the Appalachian hills of his native North Carolina. He combines suspense with observations and insights, and tells a disquieting tale about the characters’ attachment to the land even as they abuse its beauty.

“[Above the Waterfall is] as rich and moving as his best. If you like detective novels, the plot twists are dizzying enough to keep you guessing. Fan or not, you’re going to find this one hard to put down.” (Charleston Post & Courier)

“Combining suspense with acute observations and flashing insights, Rash tells a seductive and disquieting tale about our intrinsic attachment to and disastrous abuse of the land and our betrayal of our best selves.” (Booklist (starred review))
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