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Travel Around the World with a Great New Book!
Librarians Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein, and Heather Timko bring to you three great new books to read each week. Enjoy!
This week’s book selections take you around the world and back. If you enjoy reading books from different cultures, these new books are for you. Stop in to the Library today to check them out. Happy Reading!
Ghana Must Go
By Taiye Selasi, March 2013, 318 pages.
This poetic debut novel is about an African family that falls apart in the United States. The patriarch is a prominent surgeon who left Africa to work in America but then abandoned his family to work and live in Ghana. When he dies, his two families come together and tell stories as they deal with their grief and loss. Fans of Zadie Smith or Arundhati Roy may appreciate this tale that spans two continents.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
By Mohsin Hamid, March 2013, 315 pages.
The Pakistani author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist is back with an inventive novel that traces an unnamed impoverished rural child through his life as he chases success and ends up as a corporate tycoon. The story, a kind of globalized Great Gatsby, is told in the form of the type of business self help guides that are hugely popular with ambitious Asian youth. If you enjoy reading about other cultures or self-help books, this might be the read for you.
A Tale for the Time Being
By Ruth Ozeki, March 2013, 422 pages.
Ruth is a novelist that lives on a remote island in the Pacific. A Hello Kitty lunch box washes ashore with a collection of artifacts that she think may be from the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami. Meanwhile in Tokyo, a sixteen-year-old Nao wants to end her life because of all the bullying she has had to endure. But before she can do that she wants to document the life of her great-grandmother who was a Buddhist nun that has lived for more than a century. Ozeki manages to explore the meaning of life in this touching and at times humorous story. Readers that enjoy Haruki Murakami will enjoy this new novel.
Reviews brought to you each week by Librarians – Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein, & Heather Timko
Adult Services Division
Strongsville Branch Library