Fiction Old and New Unknown

The frozen river: a novel DB 117781
Lawhon, Ariel. Reading time 15 hours, 8 minutes.
Read by Ariel Lawhon Jane Oppenheimer. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: Suspense Fiction; Historical Fiction; Mystery and Detective Stories
Description: “Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen—one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
 
Our facilitator for this group is Michelle Bernstein
 
(hamletsweetlady@gmail.com).
 

We hope that you can join us to discuss this historical fiction audiobook.
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Loot DB 115153
James, Tania. Reading time 8 hours, 45 minutes.
Read by Shawn K. Jain. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: Historical Fiction
Description: “Abbas is just seventeen years old when his gifts as a woodcarver come to the attention of Tipu Sultan, and he is drawn into service at the palace in order to build a giant tiger automaton for Tipu’s sons, a gift to commemorate their return from British captivity. His fate–and the fate of the wooden tiger he helps create–will mirror the vicissitudes of nations and dynasties ravaged by war across India and Europe. Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Lucien du Leze, Abbas hones his craft, learns French, and meets Jehanne, the daughter of a French expatriate. When Du Leze is finally permitted to return home to Rouen, he invites Abbas to come along as his apprentice. But by the time Abbas travels to Europe, Tipu’s palace has been looted by British forces, and the tiger automaton has disappeared. To prove himself, Abbas must retrieve the tiger from an estate in the English countryside, where it is displayed in a collection of plundered art.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook..
Your facilitator for this group is Michelle Bernstein
(hamletsweetlady@gmail.com).
 

The Fiction Old and New book group is thrilled to welcome author Tracey Lange to our Friday, April 5, 2024 meeting at 8 p.m. She will be discussing her two family novels, “We are the Brennans”, DB 104795 and “The Connellys of County Down”, DB 116746. We hope you can join us for this amazing event.
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1. The Connellys of County Down DB 116746
Lange, Tracey. Reading time 9 hours, 23 minutes.
Read by Barrie Kreinik. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: Family; Women
Description: “When Tara Connelly is released from prison after serving eighteen months on a drug charge, she knows rebuilding her life at thirty years old won’t be easy. With no money and no prospects, she returns home to live with her siblings, who are both busy with their own problems. Her brother, a single dad, struggles with the ongoing effects of a brain injury he sustained years ago, and her sister’s fragile facade of calm and order is cracking under the burden of big secrets. Life becomes even more complicated when the cop who put her in prison keeps showing up unannounced, leaving Tara to wonder what he wants from her now. While she works to build a new career and hold her family together, Tara finds a chance at love in a most unlikely place. But when the Connellys’ secrets start to unravel and threaten her future, they all must face their worst fears and come clean, or risk losing each other forever.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
2. We are the Brennans DB 104795
Lange, Tracey. Reading time 9 hours, 41 minutes.
Read by Barrie Kreinik. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: General; Psychological Fiction
Description: When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital after a drunk driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. She deserted them all–and her high school sweetheart–five years before with little explanation, and they’ve got questions. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
Here is the Bookshare link to The Connellys of County Down:
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/5496953?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPVRoZSUyQkNvbm5lbGx5cyUyQm9mJTJCQ291bnR5JTJCRG93bg
Your facilitator for this group is Michelle Bernstein
(hamletsweetlady@gmail.com).
 

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Land of milk and honey DB 116953
Zhang, C Pam. Reading time 8 hours, 7 minutes.
Read by Eunice Wong. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: Science and Technology; General; Women
Description: “A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world’s troubles. There, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body. In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and cool, seductive violence, the chef’s boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Bookshare Link to this book
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/5834395?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPWxhbmQlMkJvZiUyQm1pbGslMkJhbmQlMkJob25leQ
Your facilitator is Michelle Bernstein,
(hamletsweetlady@gmail.com).

We hope that you can join us to discuss this psychological novel from acclaimed author Emma Cline.
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The guest: a novel DB 114407
Cline, Emma. Reading time 8 hours, 39 minutes.
Read by Carlotta Brentan. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: Psychological Fiction
Description: “Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she’s been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted dunes of a rarefied world that is, at first, closed to her. Propelled by desperation and a mutable sense of morality, she spends the week leading up to Labor Day moving from one place to the next, a cipher leaving destruction in her wake.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Your facilitator is Michelle Bernstein,
(hamletsweetlady@gmail.com).

Here is the NLS annotation:
We are the Brennans DB 104795
Lange, Tracey. Reading time 9 hours, 41 minutes.
Read by Barrie Kreinik. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: General; Psychological Fiction
Description: When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital after a drunk driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. She deserted them all–and her high school sweetheart–five years before with little explanation, and they’ve got questions. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
Your facilitator is Michelle Bernstein,
(hamletsweetlady@gmail.com).