Book Lists: Wainwright Public Library

Un tourbillon de neige et de cendres. [Tome VI, partie 2]

By Gabaldon, Diana. | 2006

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No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life—a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other. With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between.

The gilded ones

By Forna, Namina, author | 2021

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Death by French roast

By Erickson, Alex, author | 2020

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The last thing he told me : a novel

By Dave, Laura, author | 2021

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The Paper Palace : a novel

By Cowley Heller, Miranda, author | 2021

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The Paper Palace : a novel

By Cowley Heller, Miranda, author. | 2021

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The Paper Palace : a novel

By Cowley Heller, Miranda, author | 2021

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The last thing he told me : a novel

By Dave, Laura, author | 2021

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The merciless ones

By Forna, Namina, author | 2022

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The last thing he told me

By Dave, Laura, author. | 2021

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Killers of a certain age

By Raybourn, Deanna, author | 2022

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Code name Sapphire : a novel

By Jenoff, Pam, author | 2023

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Code Name Sapphire

By Jenoff, Pam. | 2023

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Code name Sapphire : a novel

By Jenoff, Pam, author. | 2023

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1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fianč was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port, she has nowhere to go but to her cousin Lily, who lives with her family in Brussels. Fearful for her life, Hannah is desperate to get out of occupied Europe. But with no safe way to leave, she must return to the dangerous underground work she thought she had left behind. Seeking help, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line, a secret resistance network led by a mysterious woman named Micheline and her enigmatic brother Mateo. But when a grave mistake causes Lily's family to be arrested and slated for deportation to Auschwitz, Hannah finds herself torn between her loyalties. How much is Hannah willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves? Inspired by incredible true stories of courage and sacrifice, Code Name Sapphire is a powerful novel about love, family and the unshakable resilience of women in even the hardest of times.

Favourite Reads of February!

By Gabaldon, Diana, author | 2007

By Gabaldon, Diana | 2005

By Gabaldon, Diana. | 2006

By Martin, Charles, 1969- | 2012

By Martin, Charles, 1969- | 2012

By Jemisin, N. K., author | 2015

By Fellowes, Julian, author | 2016

By Fellowes, Julian, author | 2016

By Fellowes, Julian, author | 2016

By Owens, Delia, author | 2018

By Lauren, Christina, author. | 2018

By Lauren, Christina, author | 2018

By Owens, Delia, author | 2018

By Owens, Delia, author | 2018

By Liggett, Kim, author | 2019

By Forna, Namina, author | 2021

By Erickson, Alex, author | 2020

By Dave, Laura, author | 2021

By Cowley Heller, Miranda, author | 2021

By Cowley Heller, Miranda, author. | 2021

By Cowley Heller, Miranda, author | 2021

By Dave, Laura, author | 2021

By Forna, Namina, author | 2022

By Dave, Laura, author. | 2021

By Raybourn, Deanna, author | 2022

By Jenoff, Pam, author | 2023

By Jenoff, Pam. | 2023

By Jenoff, Pam, author. | 2023