Academic Year 2018-2019
The Lost for Words Bookshop by ISBN: 9781250124531Publication Date: 2018Discussion Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
"Witty and irreverent, funny and sad, this is a charming tribute to stories on the page and in our lives--and the powers they can hold over us."
Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo: A Novel by ISBN: 9780312140915Publication Date: 1982Discussion Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019.
Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo is the story of three "colored girls," three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina: Sassafrass, the oldest, a poet and a weaver like her mother, gone north to college, living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories and dreams; Cypress, the dancer,who leaves home to find new ways of moving and easing the contractions of her soul; Indigo, the youngest, still a child of Charleston--"too much of the south in her"--wholives in poetry, can talk to her dolls, and has a great gift of seeing the obvious magic of the world.
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of Dorothy Day by Call Number: BX4668.D3 A33 1981ISBN: 0060617519Publication Date: 2009Discussion Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
A compelling autobiographical testament to Dorothy Day's life of social activism and her spiritual pilgrimage.
The Women of Brewster Place by Call Number: PS3564.A895 W6 1983ISBN: 014006690XPublication Date: 1983Discussion Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019.
The National Book Award-winning novel that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor (1950-2016). In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creative a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America. Vulnerable and resilient, openhanded and openhearted, these women forge their lives in a place that in turn threatens and protects - a common prison and a shared home.
Less: A Novel by Call Number: PS3557.R3987 L47 2017ISBN: 9780316316125Publication Date: 2017Discussion Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (New York Times Book Review). Carnegie Medal Longlist 2018, American Library Association Notable Books 2018, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, A New York Times Notable Book of 2017, A Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2017, A San Francisco Chronicle Top Ten Book of 2017.
Number One Chinese Restaurant by ISBN: 9781250141293Publication Date: 2018Discussion Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2018.
Named a Must-Read by TIME, Buzzfeed,The Wall Street Journal,Star Tribune, Fast Company,The Village Voice, Toronto Star,Fortune Magazine,In Style, and O: The Oprah Magazine. An exuberant and wise multigenerational debut novel about the complicated lives and loves of people working in everyone's favorite Chinese restaurant.
The Dreamer by Call Number: PZ7.R9553 Dr 2010 (2nd Floor, Juv Lit Collection)ISBN: 9780439269704Publication Date: 2010Discussion Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2018.
Combining elements of magical realism with biography, poetry, literary fiction, and transporting illustrations, Pam Muñoz Ryan and Peter Sís take readers on a rare journey of the heart and imagination as they explore the inspiring early life of the poet who became Pablo Neruda. Pura Belpré Award Winner.
Neverwhere by Call Number: PS3557.A3519 N48 2001ISBN: 9780380789016Publication Date: 2001Discussion Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2018.
Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart -- and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk.
Future Home of the Living God by Call Number: PS3555.R42 F88 2017ISBN: 9780062694058Publication Date: 2017Discussion Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2018.
A tale set in a world of reversing evolution and a growing police state follows pregnant thirty-two-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, who investigates her biological family while awaiting the birth of a child who may emerge as a member of a primitive human species. A New York Times Notable Book of 2017; Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books of 2017; Booklist Editors' Choice 2018; Carnegie Medal Longlist 2018; YBP Core Collection Titles 2017; Fiction Core Collection.
Three Daughters of Eve by Call Number: PS3619.H328 T49 2017ISBN: 9781632869951Publication Date: 2017Discussion Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2018.
Peri, a married, wealthy, beautiful Turkish woman, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground--an old polaroid of three young women and their university professor. YBP Core Collection 2017.
My Brilliant Friend by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781609450786Publication Date: 2012Discussion Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2018.
Through the lives of two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her protagonists, the unforgettable Elena and Lila. New York Times Bestseller List and The New Zealand Best Seller List 2015.
