Transporting Fiction

We’ve selected some of our favorite novels for those patrons who prefer to escape to far away places through fiction.

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A Video from Abbi Waxman, Author of Other People’s Houses

February 21, 2018February 16, 2018 Written by cnewbould

The author of The Garden of Small Beginnings returns with a hilarious and poignant new novel about four families, their neighborhood carpool, and the affair that changes everything. Below, Waxman composes a sonnet for librarians! At any given moment in other people’s houses, you can find…repressed hopes and dreams…moments of unexpected joy…someone making love on the floor to a […]

#FridayReads: Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl

February 22, 2019February 13, 2019 Written by cnewbould

Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the job (and the risk) of a lifetime when she entered the glamorous, high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now, for the first time, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet, during which she spearheaded a revolution in the way we think about food. […]

#FridayReads: The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

May 24, 2019May 17, 2019 Written by cnewbould

“An absolutely delightful read, perfect for a summer day with a good beer and a piece of pie.” –Kirkus Reviews (starred) A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer, from the bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest Two sisters, one farm. A family is split when their […]

#FridayReads: The Girls in the Picture

November 3, 2017November 6, 2017 Written by cnewbould

The Girls in the Picture is a fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood’s earliest female legends—screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife. Below, read Melanie Benjamin’s letter to librarians about writing and researching her new novel. It is 1914, and […]

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