by Tracy Horodyski | Apr 9, 2020 | Librarian's Pick
“When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the Become a Jetsetter contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can&;t seem to find a partner;...
by Tracy Horodyski | Apr 7, 2020 | Librarian's Pick
“As the title of Maisy Card’s radiant debut suggests, this is a story of a family shaped and haunted by the past. The Paisley family’s origin story, revealed as the narrative circles down and swims up through eight generations of family life, begins with the...
by Tracy Horodyski | Apr 5, 2020 | Librarian's Pick
“Children of the Land, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo’s powerful, poetically infused memoir, adds a soul-searing voice to the canon of contemporary immigration narratives. It’s an old tale for Castillo, the journeys over the border repeating down through his...
by Tracy Horodyski | Apr 3, 2020 | Librarian's Pick
“On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parents’ homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Believing...
by Tracy Horodyski | Apr 1, 2020 | Librarian's Pick
“The NBA has never seen a player quite like Kevin Durant. Larry Bird wasn’t as quick, Magic Johnson didn’t have such a range, and Michael Jordan wasn’t seven feet tall. Durant handles the ball like Allen Iverson, shoots like Dirk Nowitzki, and has the scoring...
