Potpourri of Book Reviews

Potpourri of Book Reviews
Gere Branch BooksTalk, April 3, 2017
Lisa Kelly (guest presenter from the Nebraska Library Commission).

Southern Novels

The Whole Town’s Talking
by Fanny Flagg [Flagg] (2016)

South of Broad
by Pat Conroy [Conroy] (2009)

Women — Hidden Figures

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by Denise Kiernan [940.53 Kie] (2013)

The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story
by Lily Koppel [629.45 Kop] (2013)

The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion **
by Fannie Flagg [Flagg] (2013)

Literature

Our Souls at Night
by Kent Haruf [Haruf]

Food

My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life **
by Ruth Reichl [641.5 Rei] (2015)

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
by Ruth Reichl [641.5 Rei] (2005)

Biographies

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss **
by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt [Biography Vanderbilt] (2016)

Not My Father’s Son **
by Alan Cumming [Biography Cumming] (2015)

My Life on the Road **
by Gloria Steinem [Biography Steinem] (2015)

Born a Crime **
by Trevor Noah [Biography Noah] (2016)

Music Biographies

Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years
by Mark Lewisohn [Music 781.66 Beatles] (2013)

Born to Run **
by Bruce Springsteen [Music 781.66 Springsteen] (2016)

Non-Fiction for Book Groups

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert [YA PB Kolbert] (2014)

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson [307.76 Wil] (2011)

Young Adult

Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell [YA Rowell] (2013)

Mysteries

Girl Waits With Gun
by Amy Stewart [Stewart] (2015)

Lady Cop Makes Trouble
by Amy Stewart [Stewart] (2016)

Cocaine Blues
by Kerry Greenwood [Greenwood] (2006)

Holding **
by Graham Norton [not in LCL collection at this time] (2016)

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