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MARCY �ERMANSKY
The latest novelfro�the a�thor of the praised �er� �i�e , ��rri�ane �irl is the story of Allison Brody , who , at �2 , has �ed her �ovie prod�cer �oyfriend fora s�all �each ho�seon the East Coast� After aCategory �h�rri� cane destroysit , leav� ing her �nsettled , she needs to �g�reso�e thingso�t� whether she sho�ld go ho�e fro� the �ar with the strangeca�era�an� if she sho�ld driveto her �other ’ safter he �possi�ly�s�ashed a glassvaseoverher sk�ll� and if she really lovesthe �rain s�rgeon who savedher�
�er�ansky , aMontclair resident , has writtenaco�ic novelalivewith her �ni��e co��ination of h��or and horror �not to �ention the so�eti�es leit�o� tif of an irresisti�le swi��ing pool� ���st a little co�edy a�o�t the loss of allworld� ly possessions , near�deadly assa�lt , �rain s�rgery , and violent revenge , � according to �irk�s Reviews ’ starred write�p� �S�all co�ic ge�s sparkle in their deadpan settings on every page��
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SUZANNE MOYERS
On S��anne Moyers ’ we�site , the for�er teacher , editor and writer is descri�ed as �a lifelong history geek�� Moyers , who lives in Montclair , shares so�e of her research on her �log , and �ses it to create the characters in her historical novel , �Til �ll These Thin�s �e ��ne�The �ook is �ased on an ongoing �ystery within her ownfa�ily , and the twist of fate that inspired the novel ’ s�ctional resol�tion� Set in Blacklands , Te�as , d�ring the post�World WarI��pan� de�ic , Leola � inspired �y Moyers ’ sto�t� heartedgrand� �other �and her yo�ng sisters aresent to an orphan� ageafter their �other dies and their father disappears �nder �ysterio�s cir� c��stances� B�t the Ho�e itself has a dark past , and when Leola e�posesit , she foregoes an opport�nity to learn a�o�t her �apa ’ s wherea�o�ts� Only in old age , when he appears in ha�nting visions , can she co�e to ter�s with the fa�ily ’ s losses�
The �ook �� ��reChairs �y �elovedlongti�e Glen�eld Middle School teacher �an Gill doesn ’ t have ap��lication date yet , ��t it is highly anticipatednevertheless� Even theway it ca�e to its p��lisher ’ s attention is agreat story� On awhi� , Gill shared asynopsis at a�ook� pitching contest hosted �y agent Arielle Eckst�t and her editor , �avid Sterry , d�ring May ’ sMontclair Literary Festival� Three weeks after North�ersey�co� and The �e��rd wrotea�o�t it , Gill received an �e�cellent offer� fro� atop p��lisher , Eckst�t says�
Gill ’ sstory , a�o�t the racis� he witnessedagainst his Black friend , Archie , at age� , is already fa�iliar to the tho�sands of st�dents he ’ s ed�catedand �entored over�orethan �vedecades of teaching �he plans to retireatthe end of the co�ing school year�� Gill says the e�perience �otivated hi� to getateaching �o� in Montclair in the ���0s , and to help integratethe schools thro�gh agro�nd�reaking �agnet school �odel� �The �ea�ty of the �ook is thatit�ight give parents a�etaphor to talk to their kids a�o�t respectand acceptance , �hesays�
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BAC� TO SCHOOL 202�� , she and her co�a�thor and h�s�and �eterBaker were writing their ne�t �ook� �It ’ sa�o�t Tr��p vers�s Washington �awar on o�r instit�tions of govern� �ent , and whatthatlooks like , �Glassersaid last s���er��What arethe calc�lations of the people who worked forTr��p� What werethe violations of nor�s d�ring Tr��p ’ s ti�e in of�ce , as opposed to partisan politics��
The �i�ider� Tr��� in the White���se� ����� ���� addressestheseiss�es , and �ore� With the help of do�ens of e�cl�sivescoopsand stories fro� �ehind the scenes in the WhiteHo�se , Baker and Montclair nativeGlasserarg�e that Tr��p wasnot ��st l�rching fro� one controver� sy to another� he waslearning to �e �orelike the foreign a�tocratshead�ired� The �i�ider reveals howclose the co�ntry ca�e to n�clear warwith North �orea� which ca�inet �e��ers had aresignation pact� and whether Tr��p asked �apan ’ s pri�e �inister to no�inate hi� for aNo�el �ri�e� The �ook alsoe�plores the �oral choices confronting those aro�nd Tr��p �how they��sti�ed working fora�an theyconsidered �n�t forof�ce , and wheretheydrewtheir lines�
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