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Three Haunting New Reads to Check-Out This Week!
Librarians Heather Timko, Dona Stein, & Jennifer Niederhausen bring you three great new books to check-out at the Strongsville Branch Library.
This week we bring to you three new debut novels that are sure to please readers looking for a well written and haunting read. We hope you will stop in to the Strongsville Branch Library today to check-out these and many other great new books. Happy Reading!
Burial Rites By Hannah Kent, September 2013, 288 pages.
This literary novel is based on the true story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last person to be executed in Iceland. The year is 1829 and a young woman in Iceland has been accused of murder and is sent to an isolated farm to await her execution. At first the farmer and his family are horrified to be housing a convicted murderer at their home. They try to avoid her, but as her pending death looms, they realize there is more to this young woman as they start to hear her side of the story. This beautifully written and haunting new novel will be hard to put down.
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The Ghost Bride By Yangsze Choo, August 2013, 368 pages.
This debut novel is a richly atmospheric supernatural adventure immersed in Chinese folklore. Set in Malaya in the 1890s, 19 year old Li Lan lives with her widowed father, who has lost his fortune due to his opium addiction. Then she receives a proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family to become a ghost bride for the family's only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances. Li Lan soon finds herself haunted by the ghost of that dead son. Fans of Lisa See, especially Peony in Love, should warm to this ghost story.
The Returned By Jason Mott, August 2013, 400 pages.
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A young boy named Jacob dies tragically on his 8th birthday in 1966. Now in their seventies, Jacob’s parents, Harold and Lucille, are still sad about the loss of their son but have found a way to live their lives. That is until one day when Jacob arrives on their door step, still 8 years old and alive. Jacob isn’t the only living dead person that has mysteriously returned. Chaos is erupting around the world as people are trying to figure out what to do with the Returned. This haunting debut novel will make readers think about what it means to be human.
Reviews brought to you each week by Librarians – Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein, & Heather Timko
Adult Services Division
Strongsville Branch Library