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The Drowning Sea: A Maggie d’Arcy Mystery<\/strong><\/a> by Sarah Stewart Taylor<\/p>\n

For the first time in her adult life, former Long Island homicide detective Maggie D\u2019arcy is unemployed. No cases to focus on, no leads to investigate, just a whole summer on a remote West Cork peninsula with her teenage daughter Lilly and her boyfriend, Conor and his son. The plan is to prepare Lilly for a move to Ireland. But their calm vacation takes a dangerous turn when human remains wash up below the steep cliffs of Ross Head. [readthis<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Cress Watercress<\/strong><\/a> by Gregory Maguire and illustrated by David Litchfield.<\/p>\n

When Papa doesn’t return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her\u00a0mother assumes the worst. It’s a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what’s left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone’s business. Can a dead tree full of annoying neighbors, and no Papa, ever be home?<\/span><\/p>\n

Summer Hours at the Robbers Library<\/strong><\/a> by Susan Halpern<\/p>\n

From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its\u00a0refugees. Halpern\u2019s novel is an unforgettable tale of family…the kind you come from and the kind you create. People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books themselves, of course; some come to borrow companionship. For head librarian Kit, the public library in Riverton, New Hampshire, offers what she craves most: peace. Here, no one expects Kit to talk about the calamitous events that catapulted her out of what she thought was a settled, suburban life. She can simply submerge herself in her beloved books and try to forget her problems. But that changes when fifteen-year-old, home-schooled Sunny gets arrested for shoplifting a dictionary. The judge throws the book at Sunny\u2014literally\u2014assigning her to do community service at the library for the summer. Bright, curious, and eager to connect with someone other than her off-the-grid hippie parents, Sunny coaxes Kit out of her self-imposed isolation. They\u2019re joined by Rusty, a Wall Street high-flyer suddenly crashed to earth. In this little library that has become the heart of this small town, Kit, Sunny, and Rusty are drawn to each other, and to a cast of other offbeat regulars. As they come to terms with how their lives have unraveled, they also discover how they might knit them together again and finally reclaim their stories.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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