Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal KingdomJennifer Holland2011, 210 pagesNonfictionJennifer Holland, senior writer for National Geographic magazine, gives us 47 stories that she has collected of unlikely and unusual animal friendships. Some of my favorites are the African elephant and the sheep, the Asiatic black bear and the...
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Caveat EmptorRuth Downie2011, 338 pagesFictionGaius Petreius Ruso, a medical man from Rome, arrives back in Britannia with his wife, Tilla, who is a midwife and originally from Britannia. Ruso is asked by his friend, Valens, to find a missing tax man and his brother, who disappeared with the tax money from the town of Verulamium. Ruso protests that...
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Buddha's OrphansSamrat Upadhyay2010, 433 pagesFictionSamrat Upadhyay's story begins with the abandonment of an infant and suicide of his mother. We are introduced to the rough life of the poor on the streets of Kathmandu in 1962. A homeless man discovers the baby and brings him to a poor woman who sells roasted corn in the street market....
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The House on Salt Hay Road Carin Clevidence2010, 285 pagesFictionCarin Clevidence grew up “skating on the frozen canals of the boatyard, crabbing on the river, and sailing on the Great South Bay.” This novel, her first, is based in that locale. Her tale is informed by the stories of her grandparents and their friends who lived in the area...
Book of the week
For further information about the library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The Girl in the Green RaincoatLaura Lippman2011, 158 pagesFiction”I am being held hostage,” Tess Monaghan whispers into the phone at the opening of this slim but powerful mystery. Tess is bedridden during a difficult pregnancy and feels trapped. She is reduced to living in her winterized sun porch, watching people walk their dogs in the nearby park....
