Book of the Week: The Abundance
The AbundanceAmit Majmudar2013, 255 pagesFictionMala and Ronak are grown children of Indian immigrants. They learn that their mother has cancer and return to the family home in the Midwest to be with her. Mala asks her mother to teach her how to cook the traditional Indian dishes. Cooking has always been an expression of their mother’s love for her family. A new chapter in their lives begins, and there is a new closeness between...
Book of the Week: The Abundance
The AbundanceAmit Majmudar2013, 255 pagesFictionMala and Ronak are grown children of Indian immigrants. They learn that their mother has cancer and return to the family home in the Midwest to be with her. Mala asks her mother to teach her how to cook the traditional Indian dishes. Cooking has always been an expression of their mother’s love for her family. A new chapter in their lives begins, and there is a new closeness between...
Concord Public Library book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Silent VoicesAnn Cleeves2013, 314 pagesFictionHere’s a British mystery writer with a new protagonist, DI Vera Stanhope, who has many personal issues. She’s a lonely, single, overweight, unattractive, uncouth middle-aged woman who’s a crack detective inspector. When she stumbles upon a dead body in the sauna of the fitness club she’s recently...
Concord Public Library book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Astor Place VintageStephanie Lehmann2013, 396 pagesFictionAmanda Rosenbloom owns the Astor Place Vintage clothing shop, but finds more than some beautiful old dresses when she visits 98- year-old Jane Kelly. Among the consigned items is a fur muff with a diary from 1907 hidden inside. Rosenbloom, who loves New York history, reads the diary and...
Concord Public Library book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.As Sweet As HoneyIndira Ganesan2012, 295 pagesFictionOn a lovely island in the Indian Ocean, Mina lives with her extended family at the family compound run by her grandmother. Her favorite Aunt Meterling, who is very tall and has finally found love, is getting married to a man from England named Archer. The groom unexpectedly dies from a stroke...
