The Arsonists’ City, by Hala Alyan The Nasr family is spread across the globe—Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of migration. Still, they’ve always had Continue reading Brand New Books for April at Steele
The Dazzling Truth: A Novel by Helen Cullen One Irish family. Three decades. One dazzling story. In the courtyards of Trinity College, Dublin, in 1978, aspiring actress Maeve meets pottery student Murtagh Moone. As their relationship progresses, marriage and motherhood Continue reading New Adult Book Recommendations at Big Flats
Murder in Old Bombay, by Nev March In 1892, Bombay is the center of British India. Nearby, Captain Jim Agnihotri lies in Poona military hospital recovering from a skirmish on the wild northern frontier, with little to do but re-read Continue reading New Fiction Recommendations at Steele
Optic Nerve by María Gainza (translated by Thomas Bunstead) “In this delightful autofiction―the first book by Gainza, an Argentine art critic, to appear in English―a woman delivers pithy assessments of world-class painters along with glimpses of her life, braiding the Continue reading New Books at Big Flats Library
A Resolution at Midnight (Lady Dunbridge Mystery #3, by Shelley Noble It’s Christmas in Gilded Age Manhattan. And for the first time ever an amazing giant ball will drop along a rod on the roof of the New York Times Continue reading Choice Fiction Books for November at Steele
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel. An Continue reading New Fiction Titles Featured This Month at Steele
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora Conjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. Spanning eras and generations, it tells of the lives of three unforgettable women: Continue reading New Fiction Titles Featured This Month at Steele
Magical, remarkable, one-of-a-kind, heartbreaking and brilliant have all been used to describe Max Porter’s astounding debut novella Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. This astonishing and bizarre (in the best sense of the word), book is a poignant, life-affirming meditation Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: “Grief Is the Thing with Feathers”, a novel written by Max Porter
The Egyptian Antiquities Murder (High Society Lady Detective #3) by Sara Rosett An opulent London townhouse, a mummy curse . . . and a plucky lady detective. It’s October, 1923, and Olive Belgrave has a new case. Her client, Lady Continue reading New Fiction at Steele – July Recommendations
Newly discovered authors are always an exciting notion. The following have been recently added to the CCLD catalog: Lighthouse beach, by Shelley Noble (2018) When Lillo pulls up to the hotel wearing a borrowed dress, she’s not sure why Jessica Continue reading New Authors at CCLD