Book Recommendations

What We’re Reading at Perrot: Book Recommendations from our Reference Desk August 2016 Click on each book cover image to see the item in our catalog and place a hold Nine Women, One Dressby Jane L. Rosen[Fiction] Come and read about the perfect little black dress and how it touches and changes the lives of … Read more

DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY, BY BILL CLEGG [Fiction] This is a story of extremes: happiness and sadness; marriage and divorce; forgiveness and resentment; youth and middle age. It is the story of a previously loosely connected group of individuals who are dealing with an unimaginable tragedy: a catastrophic accident that kills an entire … Read more

What We’re Reading at Perrot: [Fiction] This haunting novel is told by three people: Catrin, Callum and Rachel.  Young children are going missing from a little village located on one of the Falkland Islands. Catrin lost her two young sons in a freak car accident three years ago. The accident took place when Catrin’s best friend, … Read more

What We’re Reading at Perrot FAMILY LIFE, BY AKHIL SHARMA[Fiction] Akhil Sharma’s small but powerful novel is the semi-autobiographical story of a family who emigrates from India to Queens, N.Y. Filled with dreams of a better life and opportunities for their two young sons, the parents are hard-working and self-sacrificing. When tragedy strikes the older … Read more

What We’re Reading at Perrot THE BOSTON GIRL, BY ANITA DIAMONT [Fiction] The author of this delightful book is known for her previous best sellers– The Red Tent and Day After Night, among others. Without retelling this story, it begins with an 85-year-old grandmother talking to her 22-year-old granddaughter, answering the question, “How did you … Read more

What We’re Reading at Perrot THE ART FORGER, BY BARBARA SHAPIRO[Fiction] How well we all remember the theft of some famous paintings from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. . . Claire Roth works for a company which produces legitimate copies of famous works. She is a fine artist in her own right. When … Read more

What We’re Reading at Perrot SOME KIND OF FAIRY TALE, BY GRAHAM JOYCE [Fiction] Twenty years have passed since 16-year-old Tara Martin disappeared. On Christmas Day, she rings her parent’s doorbell. What happened? If you believe in fairy tales, you will believe her. This is a captivating tale. It is told with great appeal and … Read more