New Books to Check-Out at Strongsville Library!

Don’t let the summer slip by without stopping in to your local Strongsville Branch Library to check-out these and many more great new books for your reading enjoyment. Happy Reading!

Girls of August By Anne Rivers Siddons August 2013, 350 pages.

It’s a tradition that every August, these four women friends take a beach vacation every year. It began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school. The main requirement of the vacation was that the house they rent has to be on the beach and isolated so there aren’t any distractions while they rekindle their friendship every year. They called themselves the Girls of August. Tragically, one of the girls in the group dies and so does the yearly vacation. It is now years later and a marriage has reunited these women. They decide it’s time to take that yearly trip and become once again, the Girls of August. For Maeve Binchy fans looking for another author to read, Anne Rivers Siddons is certainly a viable option.

The Recipe Box By Sandra Lee, July 2013, 272 pages.

This debut novel by the Food Network star is a heartwarming celebration of mothers, daughters, friendship and, of course, food. Newly divorced Grace is struggling with her resentful teenage daughter and has just lost her best friend to cancer. Grace returns to her hometown to reconcile with her mother and discovers that it’s where she belongs. Original Sandra Lee recipes are included in this tempting treat that will appeal to romance and Food Network fans.

Tumbledown By Robert Boswell , August 2013, 448 pages.

James Candler is thirty-three and feeling pretty good about himself. He’s in line for a big promotion at the treatment facility where he is a therapist; he has a fiancé, a great house and a Porsche too. On paper, it appears he has his act together. Then the truth comes out. He’s falling in love with another woman, he’s underwater on his mortgage, and his best friend is making things difficult for him at work. Spend some time with James as he tries to figure out his life along with the lives of all his clients. This novel has a full cast of unforgettable characters. Fans of fiction full of colorful characters and just a little bit of “crazy” will enjoy this book.

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