Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.August Gale: A Father's and Daughter's Journey into the StormBarbara Walsh2011, 260 pagesNonfictionBarbara Walsh recounts her story of discovering the effects of the Aug. 25, 1935, hurricane that hit the village of Marystown, Newfoundland, where her paternal grandfather was born. When this journey begins, Barbara is 43 years old and knows...
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Anatomy of a DisappearanceHisham Matar2011, 224 pagesFictionAuthor Hisham Mata has written a portrait of a sensitive young boy named Nuri whose mother dies when he is 9 years old. He lives in a mysterious world with a father whose political affiliations force them to live in exile. Nuri hangs onto fading and little-understood memories of a sad but...
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Stealing Mona LisaCarson Morton2011, 340 pagesFictionConfidence man Eduardo de Valfierno assembles a varied group to pull off the ultimate crime – stealing the Mona Lisa. He engages an artist to make copies of the masterpiece, for part of his plan is to sell copies to wealthy businessmen who think that they are buying the original.Valfierno...
Concord Public Library 'Book of the week'
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.org. Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of BloodstainsCatriona McPherson2011, 291 pagesFiction Set against the background of the general labor strike of 1926 in Great Britain, Dandy Gilver, a wealthy aristocrat and sometimes amateur sleuth, has been hired by Lollie Balfour, an upper-class Scottish woman who thinks her husband will try to kill her. To...
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Rip TideStella Rimington2011, 369 pagesFictionMI5 agent Liz Carlyle has a problem. She needs to find out why a young British citizen, raised in the Muslim faith, has been arrested with a group of pirates trying to hijack a ship of supplies headed for African relief workers. The search for answers takes her to a high-security prison in Paris, to the...
