good reads Charlotte Mecklenburg Library book specialists share their selections for the season’s best reads. This October, the Library celebrates “Community Read,” a month-long series of programs and activities around shared reading…and the signature title is Today Will be Different, by Maria Semple. Visit www.cmlibrary.org/community-read for details and author visits! TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT by Maria Semple Named a Notable Book of 2016 by the Washington Post, one of Amazon’s Top 100 Books of the Year, one of New York Times Book Review’s 100 Notable Books, one of The Guardian’s Best Books of 2016, one of NPR’s Best Books of 2016, a Must-Read Book of 2016 by PopSugar, one of EW’s 20 Best Books of 2016, one of Glamour’s Top Ten Books of the Year, and one of Kirkus Reviews’ “Best 100 Fiction Books of 2016” A brilliant novel from the author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future. Semple returns with an artistic anti-heroine fumbling through her life of privilege as an NYC transplant to Seattle. Married to a celebrity hand doctor and 10 years separated from her career as a groundbreaking animator, Eleanor Flood spends her days studying poetry with an untenured professor and thinking acerbic thoughts about the other moms at her precocious son’s private school. Having lunch with a former minion breaks something free in Eleanor’s past, and her life falls apart over the course of an afternoon. Readers learn details of her backstory and will sympathize despite the seemingly trivial nature of her troubles (Sticking her foot in her mouth with her poetry teacher! Estrangement from her sister! Her husband’s absence from his practice! Her son’s enjoyment of makeup!). Hilarious and touching, this will satisfy Semple’s numerous fans and gain her new ones. Give this to readers of women’s fiction, Seattle denizens and aspiring residents, and people reviewing their lives and choices. At Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
BEST DAY EVER by Kaira Rouda Paul and Mia seem to be the perfect couple. Paul is a successful advertising executive in Columbus Ohio. They have two boys and a nice house. The book takes place over 4th of July weekend when Paul takes Mia on a romantic getaway to the lake. Paul relates the story of what is going on beneath the surface of their relationship in this shocking page-turner. If you enjoyed Gone Girl and Girl on the Train, this book is for you. At Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Publication: September 19, 2017.
GEORGE & LIZZIE by Nancy Pearl Librarian Nancy Pearl, known for her book recommendations on National Public Radio, has written a novel. She chronicles the relationship of George and Lizzie who are polar opposites. George’s parents were loving and raised an outgoing, confident young man. Lizzie was raised by two psychologists who saw her as a science experiment. Untrusting of people, Lizzie escaped into the world of books. Pearl redefines the romantic comedy as she shares their love story. At Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Publication: September 5, 2017.
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