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The Sad Truth about
Happiness
by Anne Giardini
Thirty-something
Maggie Selgrin works as a radiation technologist and lives with roommate
Rebecca, a magazine quiz designer. Rebecca’s latest quiz titled,
“When Will You Die?” startles Maggie by indicating she has only a
few months to live. The quiz triggers a spiritual crisis in Maggie, and
she is determined to change her life. A touching and comical look at one
woman’s search for her true self.
The Moon in Our Hands
by Thomas Dyja
The year is 1918 and
Walter White, a blond, blue-eyed African-American, has just started a
job at the New York office of the NAACP. When a black man is tortured
and murdered in a small town in Tennessee, White decides to investigate
by posing as a white traveling salesman. He slowly works his way into
both the Caucasian and African-American communities, gradually getting
closer to the truth. A gripping and complex portrait of a dying Southern
town.
In the Company of Liars
by David Ellis
A fast-paced thriller
told in reverse chronology. The novel begins with the reported death of
author Allison Pagone, the main suspect in the bludgeoning death of her
boyfriend, and continues backward to the night of his murder. Plenty of
twists and turns will keep you guessing till the very end.
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