Tell the Wolves I’m Home by
Carol Rifka Brunt (355 pgs.) Y/A
In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka
Brunt unfolds a moving story love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people
become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don’t know you’ve
lost someone until you’ve found them.
1987. There’s only one person who has ever
truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the
renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister,
June can only be herself in Finn’s company; he is her godfather, confidant, and
best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother
can barely speak about, June’s world is turned upside down. But Finn’s death
brings a surprise acquaintance into June’s life—someone who will help her to
heal, and to question what she thinks she knows about Finn, her family, and
even her own heart.
At Finn’s funeral, June notices a strange man lingering just beyond the crowd. A few days later, she receives a package in the mail. Inside is a beautiful teapot she recognizes from Finn’s apartment, and a note from Toby, the stranger, asking for an opportunity to meet. As the two begin to spend time together, June realizes she’s not the only one who misses Finn, and if she can bring herself to trust this unexpected friend, he just might be the one she needs the most.
An emotionally charged coming-of-age novel, Tell the Wolves I’m Home is a tender story of love lost and found, an unforgettable portrait of the way compassion can make us whole again.
At Finn’s funeral, June notices a strange man lingering just beyond the crowd. A few days later, she receives a package in the mail. Inside is a beautiful teapot she recognizes from Finn’s apartment, and a note from Toby, the stranger, asking for an opportunity to meet. As the two begin to spend time together, June realizes she’s not the only one who misses Finn, and if she can bring herself to trust this unexpected friend, he just might be the one she needs the most.
An emotionally charged coming-of-age novel, Tell the Wolves I’m Home is a tender story of love lost and found, an unforgettable portrait of the way compassion can make us whole again.
Still
Alice by Lisa Genova (320 pgs.) fictionAlice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what's it's like to literally lose your mind...
Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction.
Gone
by Mo Hayder (415 pgs.) fiction
A page-turning triumph from the
internationally bestselling thriller author Mo Hayder—Gone is a riveting tale that pits detective Jack Caffery
and police diver Flea Marley against a carjacker who is making every parent's
worst nightmare come true.
Praised as a "maestro
of the sinister" by the New York Daily News—Mo Hayder delivers her most suspenseful novel to date. By turns
thrilling and horrifying, Gone follows the investigation of a brilliant and twisted carjacker
with a disturbing game to play.
Jack Caffery's newest case
seems like a routine carjacking, a crime he's seen plenty of times before. But
as the hours tick by and his investigation morphs into a nightmare, he realizes
the sickening truth: the thief wasn't after the car, but the eleven-year-old
girl in the backseat. Meanwhile, police diver Sergeant Flea Marley is pursuing
her own theory of the case, and what she finds in an abandoned, half-submerged
tunnel could put her in grave danger. The carjacker is always a step ahead of
the Major Crime Investigation Unit, toying with their minds in taunting
letters, and ready to strike again. As the chances for his victims grow
slimmer, Jack and Flea race to fit the pieces together in time.
Gone is Mo Hayder
at her terrifying best. Each dark and captivating twist reveals a new dimension
to this tight-knit plot, burrowing deeper into the chilling and clever world Mo
Hayder creates.
Winner of the 2012 Edgar Award
for Best Novel
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