Librarian’s Choice for February 2016 This Months Staff Picks This is Gail / Juliette The Widow / Kakadu Sunset / O’Brien Fiona Barton Annie Seaton In 2008, inspirational We've all seen him: the Helicopter pilot Ellie surgeon Chris O'Brien man - the monster - star- Porter loves her job. published his bestselling ing from the front page Soaring above the glori- memoir of his battle with of every newspaper, ac- ous Kakadu National brain cancer, NEVER cused of a terrible crime. Park, she feels freed SAY DIE. But he wasn't the only per- But what about the woman who grips from the heavy losses of her beloved son in the O'Brien household with a his arm on the courtroom stairs – the family farm and the questions around powerful story to tell. Since Chris woman who stands by him? Jean her father's suicide. But when a passed away in 2009, his wife Gail Taylor's life was blissfully ordinary. search-and-rescue mission on the has gone on a journey of her own: Nice house, nice husband. Glen was boundary of the older property re- from a busy surgeon's wife and all she'd ever wanted: her Prince veals unusual excavation works, Ellie mother of a picture-perfect family to a Charming. Until he became that man vows to investigate. The last thing widow in her mid-50s, grieving not accused, that monster on the front she needs is her bad-tempered co- only her husband but also her son page. Jean was married to a man pilot, Kane McLaren, interfering. The Adam, who died as a result of epilep- everyone thought capable of unimag- son of the current owners of the sy a short time after Chris's death. inable evil. But now Glen is dead and farm, her attraction to him is a dis- Yet in the midst of her grief, Gail dis- she's alone for the first time, free to traction she can't afford, especially covered resolve and strength deep tell her story on her own terms. Jean when someone threatens to put a within herself. When Chris was alive, Taylor is going to tell us what she stop to her inquiries - by any means Gail was the woman behind the great knows. necessary. Ellie will have to trust man. But after his death, she Kane if she is to have any hope of stepped forward to make her own The River House / uncovering the truth of what is really mark on the world. Janita Cunnington going on. It is the late 1940s, and Boys in the Trees / the Broody River runs Carly Simon through a maze of sand- American Blood / Simon's memoir reveals banks into the Coral Ben Sanders her remarkable life, be- Sea. On its southern After a botched under- ginning with her storied bank lies the holiday cover operation, ex- childhood as the third town of Baroodibah. But its northern NYPD officer Marshall daughter of Richard L. shore is wild – unsettled except for Grade is living in wit- Simon, the co-founder of The River House, an old weather- ness protection in San- publishing giant Simon & Schuster, board box on stumps where the Car- ta Fe, New Mexico. her musical debut as half of The Si- lyle family take their holidays. For Marshall's instructions are to keep a mon Sisters performing folk songs four-year-old Laurie Carlyle the low profile: the mob wants him dead, with her sister Lucy in Greenwich house and its untold stories fire the and a contract killer known as the Village, to a meteoric solo career that imagination. It is a place of boating Dallas Man has been hired to track would result in 13 top 40 hits, includ- trips and nature collections, of the him down. Racked with guilt over ing the #1 song "You're So Vain." wind howling, the sheoaks sighing wrongs committed during his under- She was the first artist in history to and the pelicans soaring into the blue cover work, and seeking atonement, win a Grammy Award, an Academy sky. But when a squabble between Marshall investigates the disappear- Award and a Golden Globe Award, Laurie and her older brother Tony ance of a local woman named Alyce for her song "Let the River Run" from takes an unexpected turn, she de- Ray. Members of a drug ring seem to the movie Working Girl. The memoir tects the first hints of family discord. hold clues to Ray's whereabouts, but recalls a childhood enriched by mu- As the years pass, The River House hunting traffickers is no quiet task. sic and culture, but also one shroud- holidays seem to shine a light on the Word of Marshall's efforts spreads, ed in secrets that would eventually undercurrents in the family. and soon the worst elements of his tear her family apart. former life, including the Dallas Man, are coming for him. Show your library card when you shop at Book Warehouse to donate 5% of the purchase price to the library. Thank you for your support, so far we have received over $1500 to spend new library books. Beside Myself / Popular titles from December New Items This Month Ann Morgan Librarian’s Choice Helen and Ellie are iden- tical twins – like two Non-Fiction DVD’s peas in a pod, everyone ◊ Born to Rule / Paddy Manning says. 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