A New Month & New Books to Read!

A new month brings another fresh batch of new books for your reading enjoyment. Stop in to the Strongsville Branch Library to check-out these and many more new titles. Happy Reading!

Margot By Jillian Cantor, September 2013, 352 pages.

In this reimagined historical novel, the reader is introduced to Margie Franklin, a young woman living and working as a secretary for a Jewish law firm in Philadelphia. The year is 1959 and a new movie The Diary of Anne Frank has just been released as people all over the world are interested in the story of this young woman and her diary. What people don’t know is that Margie is actually Margot Frank, Anne’s sister, who secretly escaped the Nazis and made it to America. She now must come to terms with her situation as her past and present lives are now about to collide. Readers will be drawn in to this unique story.

The Measures Between Us: a Novel By Ethan Hauser, July 2013, 390 pages.

In this debut novel, Hauser begins with a major storm threatening the East Coast, but his Boston-based characters are far more involved with the storms of everyday life. Each character must decide how to weather those storms or how to avoid them. Fans of Stewart O’Nan and Tom Perrotta may enjoy this new author.

Rathbones By Janice Clark, August 2013, 384 pages.

This debut literary adventure is inspired by both The Odyssey and Moby Dick. Fifteen-year-old Mercy Rathbone’s father, the last in the dynasty of New England whalers, has been lost at sea now for seven years. When a threatening stranger shows up one night, Mercy and her Uncle Mordecai flee their mansion and set sail on a journey to explore the haunted history of the Rathbone family. Fans of Barbara Kingsolver or Alice Hoffman may enjoy this rather surreal but spellbinding family epic.

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Adult Services Division
Strongsville Branch Library