Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan: Recruited into MI5 against a backdrop of
the Cold War in 1972, Cambridge student Serena Frome, a compulsive reader, is
assigned to infiltrate the literary circle of a promising young writer whose politics
align with those of the government, a situation that is compromised when she
falls in love with him.
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The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin: A
provocative imagining of the later years of the mother of Jesus finds her
living a solitary existence in Ephesus years after her son's crucifixion and
struggling with guilt, anger, and feelings that her son is not the son of God
and that His sacrifice was not for a worthy cause. Check Availability
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Dear Life by Alice Munro: In
story after story, Munro illumines the moment a life is forever altered by a
chance encounter or an action not taken, or by a simple twist of fate that
turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into a new way of being or
thinking. A poet, finding herself in alien territory at her first literary
party, is rescued by a seasoned newspaper columnist, and is soon hurtling
across the continent, young child in tow, toward a hoped-for but completely unplanned
meeting. A young soldier, returning to his fiancée from the Second World War,
steps off the train before his stop and onto the farm of another woman,
beginning a life on the move. A wealthy young woman having an affair with the
married lawyer hired by her father to handle his estate comes up with a
surprising way to deal with the blackmailer who finds them out.
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Brave (DVD): Princess Merida, an archer and self-reliant
young woman, makes a decision which defies custom and brings chaos to her
kingdom. To restore her kingdom, she must rely on her bravery and archery
skills. Check Availability
Chernobyl Diaries (DVD): Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who
takes them to the abandoned city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of
the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During their exploration, they soon discover
they are not alone. Check Availability
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