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Weston Public Library Upcoming Book News - July 1, 2022

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July 1, 2022

From: Weston Public Library

See what's new for the month of July at the library!
Make sure you scroll to the bottom to see all the featured titles for this month.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
By Zevin, Gabrielle
2022-07 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780593321201
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In this exhilarating novel by the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. Utterly brilliant. In this sweeping, gorgeously written novel, Gabrielle …More

Confidence
By Mina, Denise
2022-07 - Mulholland Books
9780316242721
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This dazzling thriller and sequel to the national bestseller Conviction finds Anna and Fin reunited for an even bigger adventure, as they once more go on the lam to solve a murder--and make another podcast.

Deception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. Anna McDonald has made a terrible mistake. She has forced her blended family to vacation together. The …More

Calling for a Blanket Dance
By Hokeah, Oscar
2022-07 - Algonquin Books
9781643751474
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A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man finding strength in his familial identity, from a stellar new voice in fiction. Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives of his family as they face myriad obstacles. His father's injury at the hands of …More

Acts of Violet
By Montimore, Margarita
2022-07 - Flatiron Books
9781250815064
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From Margarita Montimore, the author of GMA Book Club pick and national bestseller Oona Out of Order, Acts of Violet is a dazzling and twisty new novel about a famous magician who disappears, leaving her sister to figure out what really happened.

Nearly a decade ago, iconic magician Violet Volk performed her greatest trick yet: vanishing mid-act. Though she hasn't been …More

Kaleidoscope
By Wong, Cecily
2022-07 - Dutton
9780593184455
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A dazzling and heartfelt novel about two sisters caught in their parents' ambition, the accident that brings it all crashing down, and the journey that follows.

Everybody's heard of The Brightons. From rags to riches, sleepy Oregon to haute New York, they are the biracial Chinese American family that built Kaleidoscope, a glittering, 'global bohemian' shopping …More

Honey and Spice
By Babalola, Bolu
2022-07 - William Morrow & Company
9780063141483
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Babalola's writing shines whether she's writing parry-riposte banter or fresh, evocative interiority. -- New York Times Book Review

Babalola's hilarious romance debut will have you laughing out loud and reconsidering first impressions. -- Buzzfeed

Breakout author Bolu Babalola pens her vibrant debut novel, full of …More

The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Guide: Time-Tested Tips and Inspiration for Creating the Garden of Your Dreams
By Carey, Jenny Rose
2022-07 - Timber Press (OR)
9781643260389
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"Full of practical insights, ideas, and inspiration to help you grow the flower-packed garden of your dreams."--Greg Loades, author of The Modern Cottage Garden The colors, shapes, and scents of flowers are as ravishing to the senses as to the soul. But it's all too easy get things wrong: colors that clash, flowers that bloom at the wrong time, plants that fail to thrive. Enter …More

Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc
By Chen, Katherine J.
2022-07 - Random House
9781984855800
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"It is as if Chen has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time."--Hilary Mantel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Booker Prize winner Wolf Hall Girl. Warrior. Heretic. Saint? From the acclaimed author of Mary B comes a stunning, secular reimagining of the epic life of Joan of Arc.…More

The 6:20 Man: A Thriller
By Baldacci, David
2022-07 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538719848
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A cryptic murder pulls a former soldier turned financial analyst deep into the corruption and menace that prowl beneath the opulent world of finance, in #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci's new thriller. Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his faux-leather briefcase, and boards the 6:20 commuter train to Manhattan, where he works as an …More

The It Girl
By Ware, Ruth
2022-07 - Gallery/Scout Press
9781982155261
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the "claustrophobic spine-tingler" (People) One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend's murder. April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she …More

Upgrade
By Crouch, Blake
2022-07 - Ballantine Books
9780593157534
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"Mysterious, fascinating, and deeply moving--exploring the very nature of what it means to be human."--ALEX MICHAELIDES, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Maidens "You don't so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin."--DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series "Walks …More

Our Wives Under the Sea
By Armfield, Julia
2022-07 - Flatiron Books
9781250229892
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Fathomlessly inventive and original, Julia Armfield's Our Wives Under the Sea is a portrait of marriage as we've never seen it before.

"A wonderful novel, deeply romantic and fabulously strange. I loved this book." --Sarah Waters

"Without a doubt, one of the best books I've ever read. It's not only art, it's a perfect miracle. We are lucky for …More

Brother
By Khalid, Zain
2022-07 - Grove Press
9780802159762
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An astonishing debut novel about family, sexuality, and capitalist systems of control, following three adopted brothers who live above a mosque in Staten Island with their imam father

In 1990, three boys are born, unrelated but intertwined by circumstance: Dayo, Iseul, and Youssef. They are adopted as infants and share a bedroom perched atop a mosque in one of Staten Island's most …More

Sister Mother Warrior
By Riley, Vanessa
2022-07 - William Morrow & Company
9780063073548
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Endless Forms
By Sumner, Seirian
2022-07 - Harper
9780063029927
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"A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from." -- Robin Ince, author of The Importance of Being Interested

In this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our  …More

Why Didn't You Tell Me?: A Memoir
By Wong, Carmen Rita
2022-07 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9780593240250
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An immigrant mother's long-held secrets upend her daughter's understanding of her family, her identity, and her place in the world in this powerful and dramatic memoir "This is the Carmen Rita Wong I know--fierce and true. Her story broke my heart and filled it up at the same time."--Sunny Hostin, three-time Emmy Award-winning co-host of ABC's The View and New York …More

Portrait of an Unknown Woman
By Silva, Daniel
2022-07 - Harper
9780062834850
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva returns with this fast-paced heist story, a thrilling crime mystery combining art and high finance.

A gripping story of deception in the world of international fine art. Restorer and spy Gabriel Allon embarks on a dangerous hunt across Europe for the secret behind the forgery of a 17th-century masterpiece that has …More

The Earthspinner
By Roy, Anuradha
2022-07 - Harpervia
9780063220683
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From the critically acclaimed, Booker Prize-nominated author of Sleeping on Jupiter and All the Lives We Never Lived, an incisive and moving novel about the struggle for creative achievement in a world consumed by growing fanaticism and political upheaval.

One night, Elango has a dream that consumes him, driving him to give it shape. The potter is …More

The Retreat
By Pearse, Sarah
2022-07 - Pamela Dorman Books
9780593489420
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium, a Reese's Book Club pick, here, Detective Elin Warner uncovers the truth behind the suspicious deaths on a stunning island getaway They couldn't wait to stay here. An idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the English coast, promising rest and relaxation--but the island …More

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
By Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
2022-07 - Del Rey Books
9780593355336
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. "As alluring as it is unsettling, filled with action romance, and monsters . . . Readers will fall into this tale immediately, enchanted."--Booklist …More

The Bodyguard
By Center, Katherine
2022-07 - St. Martin's Press
9781250219398
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New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is unabashedly romantic, laugh-out-loud funny, and the perfect summer read.

"Great rollicking fun! Prepare to laugh and swoon and grin your pants off."--Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author of The Heart Principle

She's got his back. …More

The Work Wife
By Hart, Alison B.
2022-07 - Graydon House
9781525899768
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"A page-turner, an eye-opener, a heartbreaker, a delight, The Work Wife is that rare book that illuminates a world we never knew existed while also making us feel so much less alone in everyday life." --Julia Phillips, author of National Book Award finalist Disappearing Earth

"The Work Wife is a bold and wholly satisfying novel about power, ambition, …More

Dark Earth
By Stott, Rebecca
2022-07 - Random House
9780812989113
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A captivating novel about two sisters fighting for survival in Dark Ages Britain that casts a thrilling spell of magic and myth "An eloquent and heartachingly poignant story of sisterhood."--Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong The year is 500 AD. Sisters Isla and Blue live in the shadows of the Ghost City, the abandoned ruins of the once-glorious mile-wide Roman settlement …More

The Last to Vanish
By Miranda, Megan
2022-07 - Scribner / Marysue Rucci Books
9781982147310
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New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda returns with a gripping and propulsive thriller that opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter's Pass--will its dark secrets finally be revealed? Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort …More

The American Librarian: A Novel of World War II
By Martin, Madeline
2022-07 - Hanover Square Press
9781335427489
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London comes a moving new novel inspired by the true history of America's library spies of World War II. Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: …More

Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer
By Kleiman, Kathy
2022-07 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538718285
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For fans of Code Girls and Hidden Figures, PROVING GROUND is the untold, World War II-era story of the six American women who programmed the world's first modern computer. After the end of World War II, the race for technological supremacy sped on. Top-secret research into ballistics and computing, begun during the war to aid those on the front lines, continued across the …More

Switchboard Soldiers
By Chiaverini, Jennifer
2022-07 - William Morrow & Company
9780063080690
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From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I--the women of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, smashed the workplace glass ceiling, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory.

In June 1917, General John …More