Library Staff Directory
Posted Jun 17, 2016
This week’s #FridayReads feature upcoming titles for our PM Book Club. The PM Book Club meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM (with the exception of July), and you should join us! We’re a friendly group of book lovers that like to discuss books, explore ideas, and make new friends.
Pick up a copy of the latest PM Book Club pick at our customer service desk or give us a call at 414 847-267, and we would be happy to put one on hold for you!
H is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald
An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Reluctantly accepting an old friend's invitation to spend a weekend in the English countryside, reclusive writer Leonora awakens in a hospital badly injured, unable to recall what happened and confronting a growing certainty that someone involved has died.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Reunited when the elder's husband is sent to fight in World War II, French sisters Vianne and Isabelle find their bond as well as their respective beliefs tested by a world that changes in horrific ways.
The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra analyzes the Salem Witch Trials to offer key insights into the role of women in its events while explaining how its tragedies became possible.
Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
It’s springtime, and two outcasts—a man invisible to his village and the one-eyed dog he takes into his quiet, tightly shuttered life—find each other, by accident or fate, and forge an unlikely connection. Over the four seasons echoed in the title, Ray opens up to One-Eye, telling him the stories of his life.
The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories by Anthony Marra
A collection of interwoven tales by the New York Times best-selling author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena explores themes of family, sacrifice, war and the redemptive power of art.
Book summaries borrowed from CountyCat.
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