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Friendship is the theme this week with three new books centered around friends.  We hope you will visit us soon to check-out these and many more new books.  Happy Reading!                                                                      

The Lullaby of Polish Girls By Dagmara Dominczyk.  June 2013, 224 pages. 

In the 1980s Anna and her family are political refugees from Poland who have emigrated to the United States.  Yet every summer she is sent back to Poland to visit her grandmother.  It is in her old hometown of Kielce that she meets and becomes great friends with Justyna and Kamila.  The three friends have a strong bond that continues even into adulthood.  When a murder occurs, this tragedy brings the three girls back together yet again. Told in alternating chapters, readers will enjoy this character driven debut novel.

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Sweet Dreams By Carla Stewart, May 2013, 311 pages.

The setting is Texas in 1962 and the main character, Dusty Fairchild, is the daughter of a very wealthy oil tycoon.  She’s never had to worry about material possessions but at this time in her life she dreams of independence and a little adventure.  Dusty wants to go to college but her father has other plans for her.  He instead sends her to a private finishing school in East Texas.  The only upside to this arrangement is that she will be attending the school with her cousin and childhood friend Paisley.  Paisley has grown up in a completely different environment.  She has been living the life of a traveler with a bohemian mother and has never really settled down.  The story follows the two girls from different backgrounds and the challenges to their friendship when they both fall in love with the same young man.  If you’re looking for a good clean author that explores themes of family and friendship, then this is the book for you.

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Sweet Salt Air By Barbara Delinsky, June 2013, 416 pages.

Take a trip to Quinnipeague, Maine for a summer getaway and rekindle a long lost friendship.  Charlotte and Nicole used to be best friends and spent summers together in Nicole’s family’s summer house.  Now they’re both adults and Nicole is a food blogger.  She gets a commission to write a book about island food so she invites Charlotte back to the island now that she is a successful travel writer.  This novel is more than just your typical beach read.  The story explores friendship, forgiveness, denial, hope, and healing.  Delinsky fans will be more than satisfied with her newest novel.

Reviews brought to you each week by Librarians – Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein, & Heather Timko
Adult Services Division
Strongsville Branch Library

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