Check Out These New Novels

Looking for a great new contemporary novel? These books are ready to be checked out from your local Strongsville Library. We hope you will enjoy them. Happy Reading!

Don’t Go
By Lisa Scottoline, April 2013, 384 pages.

Dr. Mike Scalon is an Army doctor in Afghanistan who is called home suddenly when his wife dies in an unexpected accident. He must deal with the loss of his wife while also raising his new baby daughter and trying to adjust to life at home again. Mike is also determined to find out more about his wife’s life and what really happened to her while he was gone. Best Selling author Scottoline delivers with this thrilling and emotional new stand-alone novel.

History of Us
By Leah Stewart, January 2013 384 pages.

Eloise Hempel is a professor at Harvard when she receives a phone call that changes the course of her life forever. Her sister and husband have been tragically killed in a car accident leaving behind three children. Eloise leaves behind her life and moves to Cincinnati to raise the children. It is now two decades later and the children are grown adults. Eloise’s elderly mother has created a contest to determine who will get to keep the century old home. This causes quite a disturbance within the family. This is a story about siblings, family relationships, and a path not taken. Jodi Piccoult fans may want to give Leah Stewart a try.

Life After Life: a Novel
By Jill McCorkle, March 2013, 352 pages.

This new novel follows a cast of characters…residents and staff of the Pine Haven Estates retirement home. Each character has quite a story, and each resident’s lives are connected through past and present connections. This novel is full of hope and will make you laugh. Readers who enjoy Southern writers or the Big Stone Gap series by Trigiani should definitely give this new book a try.

Reviews brought to you each week by Librarians – Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein, & Heather Timko
Adult Services Division
Strongsville Branch Library