March 10\, 2022
The Push by A
shley Audrain
Publication Date: \;2021
Ab
stract: \;
"A tense\, page-turning psychological drama about the
making and breaking of a family\, about a woman whose experience of mother
hood is nothing at all what she hoped for--and everything she feared. Blyt
he Connor is determined that she will be the warm\, comforting\, supportiv
e mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had. But in the thi
ck of motherhood's exhausting early days\, Blythe becomes convinced that s
omething is wrong with her daughter--Violet rejects her mother\, screams u
ncontrollably\, and becomes a disturbing\, disruptive presence at her pres
chool. Or is it all in Blythe's head? Her husband\, Fox\, says she's imagi
ning things. What he sees is an overwhelmed wife who can't cope with the d
ay-to-day grind. The more Fox dismisses her fears\, the more Blythe begins
to question her own sanity\, and the more we begin to question what Blyth
e is telling us about her life as well. Then their son Sam is born--and wi
th him\, Blythe has the natural\, blissful connection she'd always imagine
d with her child. Even Violet seems to love her little brother. But when l
ife as they know it is changed in an instant\, the devastating fall-out fo
rces Blythe to face the truth. Here\, we see the making and breaking of a
family in crystalline detail\, and what it feels like when women are not b
elieved. The Push is a tour de force you will read in a sitting\, an utter
ly immersive pageturner that will challenge everything you think you know
about motherhood\, about our children\, and about what happens behind the
doors of even the most perfect-looking families. . "-- Provided by publish
er.
Physical Description: \;307 pages \; 24 cm
Genre: \;
Thrillers (Fiction) - Domestic fiction.
April 14\, 2022The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris \;
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Publication Date: \;2021
\nAbstract: \;
"In the
waning days of the Civil War\, brothers Prentiss and Landry\, freed by the
Emancipation Proclamation\, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker
and his wife\, Isabelle. The Walkers\, wracked by the loss of their only
son to the war\, hire the brothers to work their farm\, hoping through an
unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry\, meanwhi
le\, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with
their mother\, who was sold away when they were boys. Parallel to their s
tory runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers. The young
men\, recently returned from the war to the town of Old Ox\, hold their tr
ysts in the woods. But when their secret is discovered\, the resulting cha
os\, including a murder\, unleashes convulsive repercussions on the entire
community. In the aftermath of so much turmoil\, it is Isabelle who emerg
es as an unlikely leader\, proffering a healing vision for the land and fo
r the newly free citizens of Old Ox"-- Provided by publisher
Physi cal Description: \;363 pages \; 25 cm
\nGenre: Historical fictio n
\nGeographic Term: \;Georgia -- History -- Civil War\, 1861-18 65 -- Fiction
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\nMay 12\, 2022
The Chancellor - The Remarkab
le Odyssey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton
Publication Date: \;2021
\nAbstract: \;
A New York Times Notable Bo
ok The definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel\, detailing
the remarkable rise and political brilliance of the most powerful&mdash\;
and elusive&mdash\;woman in the world.The Chancellor is at once a riveting
political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider&md
ash\;a research chemist and pastor's daughter raised in Soviet-controlled
East Germany&mdash\;who rose to become the unofficial leader of the West.
Acclaimed biographer Kati Marton set out to pierce the mystery of how Ange
la Merkel achieved all this. And she found the answer in Merkel's politica
l genius: in her willingness to talk with adversaries rather than over the
m\, her skill at negotiating without ever compromising on what's most impo
rtant to her\, her canniness in appointing political rivals to her cabinet
and exacting their policies so they have no platform to run against her\,
the humility to allow others to take credit for things done in tandem\, t
he wisdom to stay out of the papers and off Twitter\, and the vision to ta
ke advantage of crises to enact bold change. Famously private\, the Angela
Merkel who emerges in The Chancellor is a role model for anyone intereste
d in gaining and keeping power while holding onto one's moral convictions&
mdash\;and for anyone looking to understand how to successfully bridge hug
e divisions within society. No modern leader has so ably confronted Russia
n aggression\, provided homes to over a million refugees\, and calmly unif
ied Europe at a time when other countries are becoming more divided. But M
arton also describes Merkel's many challenges\, such as her complicated re
lationship with President Obama\, who she at one point refused to speak to
. This captivating portrait shows a woman who has survived extraordinary c
hallenges to transform her own country and return it to the global stage.
Timely and revelatory\, this great morality tale shows the difference an e
xceptional leader can make for the greater good of a country and the world
.
Subject: \;Biography &\; Autobiography
Nonfiction
\nHistory \;Publisher: \;Simon &\; Schuster
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