Tag: 2014 Releases
We Are Called to Rise
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/10/09/we-are-called-to-rise/
Title: We Are Called to Rise Author: Laura McBride Publisher: Simon & Schuster, May 2014 Summary/Review: The mother of a returned Iraq War veteran, a young Albanian boy, an injured soldier and a volunteer social service worker have lives and stories that intersect in...
One Kick
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/09/25/one-kick/
Title: One Kick Author : Chelsea Cain Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2014 Summary/Review: This book is a first in yet another series! (I know, it’s hard to commit to a series since there is so many good books out there.) But believe me –...
Soldier Girls
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/09/18/soldier-girls/
Title: Soldier Girls Author: Helen Thorpe Publisher: Scribner, August 2014 Summary/Review: A thoroughly touching look at the circumstances and lives of three women in Indiana who, for various reasons, have enlisted in the National Guard. A common thread is an attempt to utilize...
Boy, Snow, Bird
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/08/24/boy-snow-bird/
Title: Boy, Snow, Bird Author: Helen Oyeyemi Publisher: Riverhead Books, March 2014 Summary/Review: A loose retelling of the story of Snow White, Boy, Snow, Bird deals with the issues of jealousy, race, family, and identity. Set in Massachusetts during the pre-civil rights era, Boy...
Miniaturist
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/08/09/draft-miniaturist/
Title: The Miniaturist Author: Jessie Burton Publisher: Harper Collins, August 2014 Summary/Review: When 18 year old Nella Oortman travels to Amsterdam to meet her new husband, she finds her life will be very different than she could ever have imagined. Nella’s new husband, Johannes...
Swan Gondola
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/07/24/684-2/
Title: The Swan Gondola Author: Timothy Schaffert Publisher: Riverhead, 2014 Summary/Review: When I decided to read this book, I thought the subject was the 1898 Worlds Fair in Omaha Nebraska. I also thought it was going to be similar to “The Devil in the...
Still Life With Bread Crumbs
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/06/26/still-life-with-bread-crumbs/
Title: Still Life with Bread Crumbs Author: Anna Quindlen Publisher : Random House, 2014 Summary/Review : Rebecca Winter is 60 and newly divorced. She is a lifelong New Yorker and a well-known photographer. Her photographs are no longer bringing in the money she...
Mrs. Hemingway
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/06/19/mrs-hemingway/
Title: Mrs. Hemingway Author: Naomi Wood Publisher: Penguin, May 2014 Summary/Review: Favorable comparisons with Paula McLain’s outstanding novel “The Paris Wife” are inevitable and deserved, and anyone who enjoyed “The Paris Wife” will no doubt love “Mrs. Hemingway.” What makes Naomi Wood’s book such...
Days of Anna Madrigal
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/06/05/days-of-anna-madrigal/
Title: The Days of Anna Madrigal Author: Armistead Maupin Publisher: Harper, January 2014 Summary/Review: In January 2014, Armistead Maupin published the ninth and final book in his glorious Tales of the City series. Maupin began writing Tales as a newspaper column in San Francisco...
Mimi Malloy, At Last
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/05/22/mimi-malloy-at-last/
Title: Mimi Malloy, At Last Author: Julia MacDonnell Publisher: Picador, April 2014 Summary/Review: Mimi Malloy, divorced and newly retired is settling into the twilight of her life. Her sisters and six daughters are ever present in her life and believe that her memory may...