HISTORICAL FICTION“ THE BRIAR CLUB” BY KATE QUINN
BIOGRAPHY“ 100 RULES FOR LIVING TO 100” BY DICK VAN DYKE
MYSTERY“ THE PARIS APARTMENT” BY LUCY FOLEY
FICTION“ REMAIN” BY NICHOLAS SPARKS
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HISTORICAL FICTION“ THE BRIAR CLUB” BY KATE QUINN
Washington, D. C., 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-on-its-heels all-female boardinghouse, where secrets hide behind white picket fences.
But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship.
Grace’ s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own. When a shocking act of violence tears apart the house, the Briar Club women must decide once and for all: Who is the true enemy in their midst?
BIOGRAPHY“ 100 RULES FOR LIVING TO 100” BY DICK VAN DYKE
Dick Van Dyke danced his way into our hearts with iconic roles on the screen. At 100 years old, Dick is still dancing, still approaching life with the twinkle in his eye that we’ ve come to know and love.
In this book, he reveals his secrets for maintaining your joie de vivre, staying physically healthy and making the most out of the life you’ ve been given. Through stories from his past and present— the pivotal moments from childhood to film sets to his expansive family and finding love late in life— Dick reflects on both the joyful times and the challenges that shaped him.
His indefatigable spirit and positive attitude will surely inspire readers to count the blessings in their own lives, persevere through the hard times, and appreciate the beauty and complexity of being human.
MYSTERY“ THE PARIS APARTMENT” BY LUCY FOLEY
Jess needs a fresh start. She’ s broke and alone, and she’ s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her halfbrother Ben didn’ t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’ t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up he’ s not there.
The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’ s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’ s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’ s starting to look like it’ s Ben’ s future that’ s in question.
The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The concierge. Everyone’ s a neighbor. Everyone’ s a suspect. And everyone knows something they’ re not telling.
FICTION“ REMAIN” BY NICHOLAS SPARKS
When Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod, he is hoping to make a fresh start. Recently discharged from a psychiatric facility where he was treated for acute depression, he is wrestling with the pain of losing his sister. Sylvia’ s deathbed revelation sits uneasily with Tate, who struggles to believe in more than what reason can explain. But when he takes up residence at a historic bed-andbreakfast on the Cape, he encounters Wren, who will challenge every assumption he has about his logical and controlled world.
Tate and Wren find themselves forging an immediate connection, one that neither has ever experienced before. But Tate gradually discovers that below the surface of Wren’ s idyllic small-town life, hatred, jealousy, and greed are festering, threatening their fragile relationship just as it begins to blossom. Tate realizes that in order to free Wren from an increasingly desperate fate, he will need to unearth the truth about her past before time runs out.
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