Summer Book Club: 2020 Giveaways

Ten years ago, four people were murdered, but Faith Winters survived. Recently released from a psychiatric hospital, she returns to her hometown where the slayings took place and decides to track down the killer. If you loved "Gone Girl" or "Girl on the Train," you’ll enjoy the twists and turns of this psychological thriller.

Two young half-sisters – one in the Dominican Republic and one in New York City -- learn about each other after their father dies in a plane crash. This novel-in-verse is about grief, love, family secrets, and forgiveness.

This nonfiction book was the inspiration for Dark Waters, the motion picture starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway. It tells the story of Rob Bilott, a young lawyer who helps corporations navigate environmental laws and regulations. One day a phone call from a West Virginia farmer plunges Bilott into a 20-year legal drama with DuPont.

A “louding voice” is the ability to speak for oneself and decide one’s future. Adunni, a 14-year-old Nigerian girl, endures adversity and must find her voice after she runs away from her father who has decided to sell her to a local man to become his third wife.

Terror attacks and deadly viruses have led the government to ban public gatherings, so Luce, a musician, evades the law and performs in small live concerts. A new job connects her to a community of musicians who illegally perform via virtual reality. The experience changes her by showing her how the world could be.

This debut collection of short stories introduces us to characters coping with relationships, deception, queer identity, and the search for intimacy.

In this prequel to The Hunger Games trilogy, we meet 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow – the future President Snow and nemesis of Katniss Everdeen – as he prepares to be a mentor in the tenth annual Hunger Games.

In his groundbreaking book, the 19th surgeon general of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy makes a case for loneliness as a public health concern: a root cause and contributor to many of the epidemics sweeping the world today from alcohol and drug addiction to violence to depression and anxiety. Loneliness, he argues, is affecting not only our health, but also how our children experience school, how we perform in the workplace, and the sense of division and polarization in our society. But, at the center of our loneliness is our innate desire to connect. We have evolved to participate in community, to forge lasting bonds with others, to help one another, and to share life experiences. We are, simply, better together.