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      By Strout, Elizabeth
       2017., Adult, Random House Call No: Fic Str   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "In My Name Is Lucy Barton, the main character eventually escapes her life of fear and poverty by leaving town. This title follows some of the people who continue to live in the town Lucy fled, which has more than its share of poverty, domestic unhappiness, violence, and abuse. Those who were left behind continue on in their daily struggles, some faring better than others. Each chapter provides a brief look at one or two of those individuals, building a web of relationships and connections among the community and, tangentially, Lucy. The school janitor, the high school guidance counselor, Lucy's brother and sister, and others provide insights into the different interpretations of events, showing the range of human response that is possible in the face of challenges"--From publisher.
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      By Strout, Elizabeth  OverDrive, Inc
       [2017]., Adult, Random House Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: "In 'My Name Is Lucy Barton,' the main character eventually escapes her life of fear and poverty by leaving town. This title follows some of the people who continue to live in the town Lucy fled, which has more than its share of poverty, domestic unhappiness, violence, and abuse. Those who were left behind continue on in their daily struggles, some faring better than others. Each chapter provides a brief look at one or two of those individuals, building a web of relationships and connections among the community and, tangentially, Lucy. The school janitor, the high school guidance counselor, Lucy's brother and sister, and others provide insights into the different interpretations of events, showing the range of human response that is possible in the face of challenges."--From publisher.
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      By Weiner, Jennifer
       c2009., Washington Square Press Call No: Fic Wei   Edition: 1st Washington Square Press trade paperback ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Popular television personality Valerie Adler turns to her long-forgotten, Illinois hometown friend Addie Downs when she runs into a bit of trouble involving betrayal and loyalty, family history and small-town secrets.
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      By Paretsky, Sara
       1987., Adult, William Morrow Call No: NEW MYS Fic Par    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Consuelo Alvarado is 16, diabetic, pregnant, and the daughter of V.I.'s friend. When the baby arrives prematurely, both mother and daughter die in the hospital. Suspecting malpractice, V.I. begins an investigation that leads her to a cold-blooded coverup.
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      By Smith, Neil, 1964-
       c2015., General, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: QWF Fic Smi    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: BOO is the highly anticipated debut novel from one of the most incomparable voices in Canadian literature: BANG CRUNCH author Neil Smith. Oliver Dalrymple, nicknamed "Boo" - because of his pale complexion and staticky hair, is an outcast at his Illinois middle school. But after a tragic accident, Boo wakes up to find himself in a very strange sort of heaven: a town populated only by 13-year-old Americans. While he desperately wants to apply the scientific method to find out how this heaven works, he's confronted by the greatest mystery of all - his peers.
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      By Paretsky, Sara
       c2012., G. P. Putnam's sons Call No: MYS Fic Par    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: When the teenage daughters of some of Chicago's most influential families discover the body of a ritually murdered victim, investigator Warshawski explores theories that the killing is linked to a hostile media campaign against a senatorial candidate or a wealthy patriarch's childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania.
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      By Jenkins, Jerry B
       c2011., Tyndale House Publishers Summary Note: Boone Drake is a young cop rising through the ranks in Chicago-- until everything goes horribly wrong. His personal life destroyed and his career and future in jeopardy, Boone buries himself in guilt and bitterness. Face-to-face with the most vicious gang leader Chicago has seen in decades, he begins to realize that God is a God of second chances... and can forgive the worst of crimes.