Author: Katherine Center
Title: Everyone is Beautiful
"This is the story of an overwhelmed mother of 3 very active toddler boys and her journey to find herself. It held my attention from start to finish." Review by Ann Marie F.
This is Katherine’s second novel. BookPage named Katherine one of seven new writers to watch and Booklist calls Everyone is Beautiful "a superbly written novel filled with unique and resonant characters."
Author: Robin Cook
Title: Foreign Body
"Wonderful story of a medical student whose grandmother, Maris Hernandez, dies after a hip surgery in India! Jennifer tries to solve the mystery." Review by Norma H.
Doctor and author, Robin Cook, is widely credited with introducing the word "medical" to the thriller genre, and twenty years after the publication of his breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created.
Author: Lisa See
Title: Snow Flower & the Secret Fan
"This is the story of one woman’s life in 19th century China. Lily, a farm girl is fortunate to achieve a wildly excellent marriage because of her perfectly (and painfully) bound feet and her 'laotung' relationship with Snow Flower, a girl from a prestigious family. Snow Flower was not so fortunate in marriage." Review by Brenda R.
Snow Flower & the Secret Fan is a critically-acclaimed international bestseller and MGM Studios has acquired the film rights. Read the book before the movie comes out!
Everyone who participates in our Adult Summer Reading program has a chance to win a Booklover's Bag. The drawing will be held on Monday, August 17.