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Montecito Book Club pick: November 2022
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Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
CUMMINS,J
4 available
CUMMINS,J
4 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
CUMMINS,J
1 available
CUMMINS,J
1 available
eAudiobook
Checked Out
2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 7 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 7 people are on the wait list.
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Central Library - Adult Large Print Fiction - Main Level - Large Print Area
CUMMINS,J
1 available
CUMMINS,J
1 available
Description
"También de este lado hay sueños. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then...
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Montecito Book Club pick, April 2024
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Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction
811.54 HARJO
1 available
811.54 HARJO
1 available
eAudiobook
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"In this stunning collection, Joy Harjo finds blessings in the abundance of her homeland and confronts the site where the Mvskoke people, including her own ancestors, were forcibly displaced. From her memory of her mother's death, to her beginnings in the Native rights movement, to the fresh road with her beloved, Harjo's personal life intertwines with tribal histories to create a space for renewed beginnings."--Back cover.
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Montecito Book Club pick, November 2021
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Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
WOODSON,J
1 available
WOODSON,J
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
WOODSON,J
1 available
WOODSON,J
1 available
On Shelf
Central Library - Media - Main Level - Audiobook CDs
WOODSON, J
1 available
WOODSON, J
1 available
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Central Library - Book Club - Main Level - Fiction Area
BOOK CLUB
1 available
BOOK CLUB
1 available
Description
For August, running into a long-ago friend sets in motion resonant memories and transports her to a time and a place she thought she had mislaid: 1970s Brooklyn, where friendship was everything. August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi shared confidences as they ambled their neighborhood streets, a place where the girls believed that they were amazingly beautiful, brilliantly talented, with a future that belonged to them. But beneath the hopeful promise there...
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Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction
306.768 NUTT
1 available
306.768 NUTT
1 available
Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction
306.76809 N976
1 available
306.76809 N976
1 available
Description
"The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family's extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter for The Washington Post When Wayne and Kelly Maines adopted identical twin boys, they thought their lives were complete. But it wasn't long before they noticed a marked difference between Jonas and his brother,...
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Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
HAWLEY,N
1 available
HAWLEY,N
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
HAWLEY,N
1 available
HAWLEY,N
1 available
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Montecito Library - Media - Audiobook CDs
HAWLEY,N
1 available
HAWLEY,N
1 available
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Montecito Library - Adult Large Print Fiction - Large Print
FICTION HAWLEY,N
1 available
FICTION HAWLEY,N
1 available
Description
On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs--a struggling painter--and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of a wealthy and powerful media mogul's family. With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the tragedy and the...
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Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
WINGATE,L
1 available
WINGATE,L
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
WINGATE,L
1 available
WINGATE,L
1 available
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Central Library - Adult Large Print Fiction - Main Level - Large Print Area
WINGATE,L
1 available
WINGATE,L
1 available
Description
"Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale. Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge--until strangers arrive...
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Montecito Book Club pick, January 2023
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Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Graphic Novels
973.049 BUI
1 available
973.049 BUI
1 available
Description
The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.
"Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves"--Publisher...
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Montecito Book Club pick, December 2022
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Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction
304.873 VARGAS
1 available
304.873 VARGAS
1 available
Eastside Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area
304.873 VARGAS
1 available
304.873 VARGAS
1 available
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Central Library - Book Club - Main Level - Fiction Area
BOOK CLUB
1 available
BOOK CLUB
1 available
Description
"The movement of people--what Americans call 'immigration' and the rest of the world calls 'migration'--is among the defining issues of our time. Technology and information crosses countries and continents at blistering speed. Corporations thrive on being multinational and polyglot. Yet the world's estimated 244 million total migrant population, particularly those deemed 'illegal' by countries and societies, are locked in a chaotic and circular debate...
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Montecito Book Club pick, November 2023
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Eastside Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
SARAMAGO,J
1 available
SARAMAGO,J
1 available
Description
"On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This, understandably, causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, funeral directors, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration--flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home--families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance...
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Montecito Book Club pick: April 2022
On Shelf
Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
TOKARCZUK,O
1 available
TOKARCZUK,O
1 available
Eastside Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
TOKARCZUK,O
1 available
TOKARCZUK,O
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
TOKARCZUK,O
1 available
TOKARCZUK,O
1 available
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Central Library - Book Club - Main Level - Fiction Area
BOOK CLUB
1 available
BOOK CLUB
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
In a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko, an eccentric woman in her sixties, recounts the events surrounding the disappearance of her two dogs. She is reclusive, preferring the company of animals to people; she's unconventional, believing in the stars; and she is fond of the poetry of William Blake, from whose work the title of the book is taken. When members of a local hunting club are found murdered, Duszejko becomes involved in the investigation....
11) The Eyre affair
Author
Series
Thursday Next novels volume 1
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Montecito Book Club pick: August 2022
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Central Library - Book Club - Main Level - Fiction Area
BOOK CLUB
1 available
BOOK CLUB
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
Meet Thursday Next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend
Jasper Fforde’s beloved New York Times bestselling novel introduces literary detective Thursday Next and her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England—from the author of The Constant Rabbit
Fans of Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse will love visiting Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, when time travel...
Jasper Fforde’s beloved New York Times bestselling novel introduces literary detective Thursday Next and her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England—from the author of The Constant Rabbit
Fans of Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse will love visiting Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, when time travel...
12) Frankenstein
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Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
SHELLEY,M
1 available
SHELLEY,M
1 available
Description
A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
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Montecito Book Club pick, March 2023
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Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction
363.509 DOUGHERTY
1 available
363.509 DOUGHERTY
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area
363.509 DOUGHERTY
1 available
363.509 DOUGHERTY
1 available
Description
"Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive cost of ownership have turned housing into the foremost symbol of inequality and an economy gone wrong. Nowhere is this more visible than in the San Francisco Bay Area, where fleets of private buses ferry software engineers past the tarp-and-plywood shanties where the homeless make their homes. The adage...
14) The great alone
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Montecito Book Club pick, January 2024
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Eastside Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
HANNAH,K
1 available
HANNAH,K
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
HANNAH,K
1 available
HANNAH,K
1 available
On Shelf
Central Library - Media - Main Level - Audiobook CDs
HANNAH,K
1 available
HANNAH,K
1 available
Montecito Library - Media - Audiobook CDs
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
Montecito Library - Media - Audiobook CDs
HANNAH,K
1 available
HANNAH,K
1 available
On Shelf
Central Library - Book Club - Main Level - Fiction Area
BOOK CLUB
1 available
BOOK CLUB
1 available
eAudiobook
Checked Out
2 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 14 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 14 people are on the wait list.
Description
"In 1974, a former Vietnam POW, suffering from flashbacks and nightmares, moves his family to Alaska to live off the grid in an attempt to find peace, restoration, and freedom. They will also face dangers, both internally and externally, as they face the ultimate test of the human spirit"--
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Series
Harlem trilogy (Colson Whitehead) volume 1
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Montecito Book Club pick: July 2022
On Shelf
Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
WHITEHEAD,C
2 available
WHITEHEAD,C
2 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
WHITEHEAD,C
2 available
WHITEHEAD,C
2 available
On Shelf
Central Library - Book Club - Main Level - Fiction Area
BOOK CLUB
1 available
BOOK CLUB
1 available
eAudiobook
Available Online
On Shelf
Central Library - Adult Large Print Fiction - Main Level - Large Print Area
WHITEHEAD,C
1 available
WHITEHEAD,C
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Large Print Fiction - Large Print
WHITEHEAD,C
1 available
WHITEHEAD,C
1 available
Description
""Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a...
16) Homegoing
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On Shelf
Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
GYASI,Y
5 available
GYASI,Y
5 available
Eastside Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
GYASI,Y
1 available
GYASI,Y
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
GYASI,Y
1 available
GYASI,Y
1 available
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Central Library - Media - Main Level - Audiobook CDs
GYASI,Y
1 available
GYASI,Y
1 available
eAudiobook
Available Online
eBook
Available Online
On Shelf
Central Library - Adult Large Print Fiction - Main Level - Large Print Area
GYASI,Y
1 available
GYASI,Y
1 available
Description
"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath...
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Montecito Book Club pick, February 2024
On Shelf
Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction
615.788 POLLAN
2 available
615.788 POLLAN
2 available
Eastside Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area
615.788 POLLAN
1 available
615.788 POLLAN
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area
615.788 POLLAN
1 available
615.788 POLLAN
1 available
Description
"A brilliant and brave investigation by Michael Pollan, author of five New York Times best sellers, into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions...
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Montecito Book Club pick, December 2021
On Shelf
Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
Allende,I
1 available
Allende,I
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
Allende,I
1 available
Allende,I
1 available
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Central Library - Media - Main Level - Audiobook CDs
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
Description
"From New York Times and internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende, an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during the Second World War. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of...
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On Shelf
Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
Stradal,J
3 available
Stradal,J
3 available
Description
"When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He's determined to pass on his love of food to his daughter--starting with puréed pork shoulder. As Eva grows, she finds her solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. From Scandinavian lutefisk to hydroponic chocolate habaneros, each ingredient represents one part of Eva's journey as she becomes...
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Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
NG,C
2 available
NG,C
2 available
Eastside Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
NG,C
1 available
NG,C
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Fiction - Fiction Area
NG,C
2 available
NG,C
2 available
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Central Library - Media - Main Level - Audiobook CDs
NG,C
1 available
NG,C
1 available
Montecito Library - Media - Audiobook CDs
NG,C
2 available
NG,C
2 available
On Shelf
Central Library - Book Club - Main Level - Fiction Area
BOOK CLUB
1 available
BOOK CLUB
1 available
eAudiobook
Available Online
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Montecito Library - Adult Large Print Fiction - Large Print
NG,C
1 available
NG,C
1 available
Description
From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, the intertwined stories of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the mother and daughter who upend their lives "I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting. With brilliance and beauty, Celeste Ng dissects a microcosm of American society just when we need to see it beneath the microscope ..."--Jodi Picoult, New York Times -bestselling author of Small Great Things and...