Library Staff Directory
Posted Feb 12, 2016
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’re seeing red here at the Shorewood Library- red books that is! Here’s a few worth taking a look at and don’t forget to check out our display near the adult information desk for more great titles…
The Ministry of Pain by Dubravka Ugresic (translated by Michael henry Heim)
After being abandoned by her husband in Berlin, Yugoslavian exile Tanja Lucić finds refuge in the Department of Slavonic Languages at the University of Amsterdam. Here, along with a group of displaced students, Lucić encourages the class to reconstruct their past through stories and essays. Far from teaching Serbo-Croatian literature, Lucić explores memories of her homeland, culture, and war while forming a close relationship with her student, Igor. Something bad is bound to happen, and Ugresic does not hold back in this bleak, philosophical treatise of loss.
Turning Tables by Heather & Rose MacDowell
After a marketing firm downsize, twenty-eight year old Erin Edwards’ career took a tumble. With virtually no experience, she takes a waitressing gig to make ends meet. At the mercy of an ornery celebrity chef, highfalutin clientele, a hard-nosed owner, and Daniel Fratelli, a big shot TV news producer, who flirts incessantly, Erin finds herself in hot water. Mishap after mishap encourages the young table turner to make her job her own, and with a little help from a new friend, Erin is determined to make it back to the “real world.” Fun and fast-paced, Turning Tables brings the drama of the restaurant to you.
Seventeen year old Antonio and sixteen year old Natasha’s relationship is tested in the worst way after Antonio is sent to prison for his father’s murder. Set in New York during the 1990s and told through a decade of correspondence, conflict surmounts when the two young lovers move down different paths: Antonio becomes more and more possessive as his parole date nears while Natasha moves on to college to study law. In the end, with a twist revelation, Buckhanon’s debut urban fiction novel champions hope in the face of adversity.
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