Book Talk for November 21 2023

Book Talk

Book Talk for November 21, 2023

A Child's Christmas in Wales

By Dylan Thomas

Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) recalls the celebration of Christmas in Wales and the feelings it evoked in him when he was a child. 1954.

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The Christmas List

by Richard Paul Evans

Three weeks before Christmas, the newspaper erroneously publishes the obituary of Utah real-estate developer James Kier. Kier discovers what others really think of him and sets about making amends to the people he has hurt, including the cancer-stricken wife he's divorcing and his estranged son. 2009.

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Dr. Death: a novel

by Jonathan Kellerman

Los Angeles detective Milo Sturgis seeks help from psychologist Alex Delaware when a doctor who is known for mercy killing is murdered in his "suicide van." Suspects include the relatives of his victims and his own son. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2000.

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The Haven

by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Sadie Lapp returns from Ohio to her Amish family's farm in Stoney Ridge, Pennsylvania, and brings home a baby she found in a bus station. But her good deed soon leads to gossip. Then schoolteacher Gideon and college intern Will both fall for Sadie. Commercial audiobook. 2012.

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Silent bite: an Andy Carpenter Mystery

By David Rosenfelt

Returned from a family Caribbean cruise, lawyer Andy Carpenter's first stop is to the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue organization that is his true passion. But when Andy arrives, his partner, Willie Miller, needs his help. Willie's old cellmate, Glenn Anson, has been arrested for murder. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

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The Afterlife of Holly Chase

by Cynthia Hand

Heat wave

by Richard Castle

Fictional protagonist from the television show Castle writes this novel during the 2009 season. When a Manhattan real-estate mogul plunges to his death, detective Nikki Heat investigates--only to be hampered by Jameson Rook, a reporter researching an article on the NYPD. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2009.

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A Cedar Cove Christmas

by Debbie Macomber

Pregnant Mary Jo Wyse comes to Cedar Cove, Washington, on Christmas Eve seeking David Rhodes, the father of her baby. Librarian Grace Harding takes in Mary Jo, who gives birth that night with help from paramedic Mack McAfee. Then Mary Jo's three brothers arrive to welcome the newborn. Bestseller. 2008.

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The Story of the Trapp family singers

By Maria Augusta Trapp

Baroness von Trapp discusses her role as governess to seven motherless Austrian children, her marriage to their father, the development of the Trapp family singers, and their concert tours in Europe and America. "The Sound of Music" is based on this book.

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Lie Still a Novel

by Julia Heaberlin

When Emily Page and her husband move from Manhattan to the wealthy enclave of Clairmont, Texas, she hopes she can finally escape her haunted past and outrun the nameless stalker who has been taunting her for years. Pregnant with her first child, Emily just wants to start over. But as she is drawn into a nest of secretive Texas women and into the unnerving company of their queen, Caroline Warwick, Emily finds that acceptance is a very dangerous game. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2013.

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