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Week of November 14, 2011

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Week of November 14, 2011

In SMOKIN' SEVENTEEN by Janet Evanovich, dead bodies are showing up on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but Stephanie Plum’s name is on the killer’s list. Meanwhile, Stephanie must deal with her high-maintenance family and decide between two different, very charming men.

Jim Fusilli's NARROWS GATE tells of the dangerous immigrant neighborhood of Narrows Gate, overlooking the Hudson River. A young neighborhood boy named Sal Benno is pulled into the Mafia, and a complex web of secrets and crime gradually unfolds. 

Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick - Historical Fiction

 

FOREIGN BODIES retells the story of Henry James’s classic THE AMBASSADORS but as a photographic negative --- that is, the plot is the same, but the meaning entirely reversed. 

The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life by Jasmin Darznik - Memoir

 

Jasmin Darznik tells the shocking story of how her mother’s secret, traumatizing past in Iran was suddenly revealed to her in her early 20s. 

Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise by Sam Irvin - Biography

 

A multi-threat entertainer, Kay Thompson was a friend, mentor and/or inspiration to Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Tennessee Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Eleanor Roosevelt, and countless others. Sam Irvin tells the Eloise author’s fabulous, whirlwind story.  

Narrows Gate by Jim Fusilli - Historical Fiction

 

Jim Fusilli's new novel takes place in the dangerous immigrant neighborhood of Narrows Gate, overlooking the Hudson River. A young neighborhood boy named Sal Benno is pulled into the Mafia, and a complex web of secrets and crime gradually unfolds. 

An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin - Fiction

 

Lacey Yeager is prepared to take the NYC art world by storm. Hungry to keep climbing the social and career ladders, she charms everyone who crosses her path. Her social ascension parallels the alluring evolution of the art world and the country from the late 1990s through today. 

Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich - Mystery

 

Dead bodies are showing up on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but Stephanie’s name is on the killer’s list.