Meghan recommends Favorites

In our semi-annual book talk program, Chapter One, Popular Materials Librarian Meghan recommended the following titles:

Meghan’s Favorites

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson (2015)

An account of the Siege of Leningrad reveals the role played by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony in rallying and commemorating their fellow citizens. By the National Book Award-winning author of Feed.  JBIO

Class Mom by Laurie Gelman (2017)             

Frowned upon by conservative fellow PTA members for her past as a single parent, Jen reluctantly agrees to become class mom during her youngest child's kindergarten year, a role that is challenged by parent drama, hypersensitive allergies, and a former flame. FIC

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Graham (2017)             

Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.  976.6004G, CD, Overdrive

The Loving Husband by Christobel Kent (2017)             

Wrongly targeted for her husband's shattering murder, Fran Hall struggles with isolation and paranoia while their claustrophobic community is increasingly unraveled by dark secrets. MYS, Overdrive

The Witches of New York by Ami McKay (2017)                         

In 1880s New York, Beatrice, unaware of her spiritual gifts, applies for a job at a teashop for female occultists run by Adelaide Thom and Eleanor St. Clair and with their help, she faces down the dark forces lurking in the city.   FIC

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips (2017)                         

Trapped in a closed zoo after witnessing a life-shattering event, a woman and her four-year-old son navigate the zoo's hidden pathways and under-renovation exhibits to stay ahead of a dangerous adversary who tests their survival and the limits of the mother-child bond. FIC

Barkskins by Annie Proulx (2017)

In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Their lives take different paths, and Proulx tells the stories of the descendants of Sel and Duquet over three hundred years. FIC