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Cuyahoga County Public Library's Favorite Books of 2013

Life After Life By Atkinson, Kate 2013-04 - Reagan Arthur Books 9780316176484 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, and embarks upon a life that will be unusual. Does Ursula's infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? …More

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves By Fowler, Karen Joy 2013-05 - Marian Wood Book 9780399162091 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Jane Austen Book Club," the story of an American family, ordinary in every way but one--their close family relative was a chimpanzee. …More

Americanah By Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi 2013-05 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307271082 Check Our Catalog A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to starta new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected. …More

Kind of Kin By Askew, Rilla 2013-01 - Ecco Press 9780062198792 Check Our Catalog Dustin's grandpa has been raising Dustin, but is arrested for hiding migrant workers. After Dustin is bullied, he goes on the run, aided by an illegal the police didn't find. In a gripping and compelling narrative, a law exiles workers, turns friends into informers, and tears apart families. …More

The Woman Who Lost Her Soul By Shacochis, Bob 2013-09 - Atlantic Monthly Press 9780802119827 Check Our Catalog National Book Award--winning novelist Shacochis makes a long-awaited--indeed, much-anticipated--return to fiction with this stunning novel of love, innocence and honor lost. …More

The Son By Meyer, Philipp 2013-05 - Ecco Press 9780062120397 Check Our Catalog The acclaimed author of "American Rust," returns with an epic, multigenerational saga of power, blood, and land that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s, to the border raids of the early 1900s. to the oil booms of the 20th century. …More

The Maid's Version By Woodrell, Daniel 2013-09 - Little Brown and Company 9780316205856 Check Our Catalog Alma DeGeer Dunahew, the mother of three young boys, works as the maid for a prominent citizen and his family in West Table, Missouri. Her husband is mostly absent, and, in 1929, her scandalous, beloved younger sister is one of the 42 killed in an explosion at the local dance hall. Who is to blame? Mobsters from St. Louis? The embittered local gypsies? The preacher who railed against the loose morals of the waltzing couples? Or could it have been a colossal accident? …More

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena By Marra, Anthony 2013-05 - Hogarth 9780770436407 Check Our Catalog Stegner Fellow, Iowa MFA, and winner of "The Atlantic"'s Student Writing Contest, Marra has written a brilliant debut novel that brings to life an abandoned hospital where a tough-minded doctor decides to harbor a hunted young girl, with powerful consequences. …More