Monday, September 13 at 6:30 pm
Main Library

One dark summer dawn, at the exact moment that an enormous monster dies in Lake Glimmerglass, twenty-eight-year-old Willie (nee Wilhemina) Upton returns to her hometown of Templeton, NY in disgrace. She expects to be able to hide in the place that has been home to her family for generations, but Willie then learns that the story her mom, Vi, had always told her about her father has all been a lie. He wasn’t the one-night stand Vi had led her to imagine, but someone else entirely. Someone from this very town.

As Willie digs for the truth about her lineage, voices from the town’s past — both sinister and disturbing — rise up around her to tell their sides of the story. In the end, dark secrets come to light, past and present blur, old mysteries are finally put to rest, and the surprising truth about more than one monster is revealed.  – Barnes and Noble

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Wait Till Next Year

Tuesday, September 21 at 6:00 pm
Lansingburgh Branch

Set in the suburbs of New York City, where neighborhoods were divided between Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees fans, this book re-creates the postwar era, when owning a home on a tree-lined street meant the realization of a dream and memories for a lifetime. It is the story of a seemingly more innocent time, yet one that saw the convergence of McCarthyism, A-bomb drills, and racism. Through it all, though, Doris Kearns Goodwin could count on two constants: the Dodgers and her father. – Barnes and Noble

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The mystery book discussion group meets at noon on the first Tuesday of the month.  All mystery lovers are welcome!

• September 7th, Mystic River by Dennis Lehane, set in Boston
• October 5th, Mallory’s Oracle by Carol O’Connell, set in New York City
• November 2nd, Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry, set in Upstate New York
  

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• September 13 – Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff
• October 11 – Song Yet Sung, by James McBride
• November 8 – Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky
• December 13 – The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger

Lansingburgh:
Tuesdays at 6:00 pm

• September 21 – Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• October 19 – The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
• November 16 – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
• December 21 – The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

Sycaway:
Thursdays at 6:00 pm

• September 30 – Liar by Justine Larbalestier
• October 28 – The Believers by Zoe Heller
• November 18 – Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
• December 30 – The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson

Micah will freely admit she’s a compulsive liar, but that may be the one honest thing she’ll ever tell you. Over the years she’s fooled everyone: her classmates, her teachers, even her parents. And she’s always managed to stay one step ahead of her lies. That is, until her boyfriend dies under brutal circumstances and her dishonesty begins to catch up with her. But is it possible to tell the truth when lying comes as easily as breathing?

Taking listeners deep into the psyche of a young woman who will say just about anything to convince them — and herself — that she’s finally come clean, Liar is a bone-chilling thriller that will have listeners seesawing between truths and lies right up to the end. Honestly. – Barnes and Noble

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Monday, October 11 at 6:30 pm
Main Library

The powerful web of relationships in a small Chesapeake Bay town collapses as two souls face off in a gripping page-turner. Liz Spocott, a young runaway who has odd dreams about the future of the colored race, mistakenly inspires a breakout from the prison attic of a notorious slave thief named Patty Cannon. As Cannon stokes revenge, Liz flees into the nefarious world of the underground railroad with its double meanings and unspoken clues to freedom known to the slaves of Dorchester County as “The Code.” Denwood Long, a troubled slave catcher and eastern shore waterman, is coaxed out of retirement to break “The Code” and track down Liz.

Filled with rich history-much of the story is drawn from historical events-and told in McBride’s signature lyrical storytelling style, Song Yet Sung brings into full view a world long misunderstood in American fiction:how slavery worked, and the haunting, moral choices that lived beneath the surface, pressing both whites and blacks to search for relief in a world where both seemed to lose their moral compass. This is a story of tragic triumph, violent decisions, and unexpected kindness.  – Barnes and Noble

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