By Gloria Goldreich
Recommended By Susan L., Library Page

Artist Marc Chagall's family is targeted in Nazi-occupied Paris, and when his daughter, Ida, falls in love, Chagall angrily paints an empty wedding chair leaving Ida to either forge her own path or save Marc from his enemies and himself.

By John Grisham
Recommended By Susan L., Library Page, John Shea, Library Page

“An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him (From the Publisher).”

By Ronald H. Balson
Recommended By Susan L., Library Page
With Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers' Services

Tuesday, April 25, 2017. 1:30 PM.

Elliot Rosenzweig, a wealthy Chicago philanthropist, is attending opening night at the opera. Ben Solomon, a retired Polish immigrant, makes his way through the crowd and shoves a gun in Rosenzweig's face, denouncing him as former SS officer. Rosenzweig uses his enormous influence to get Solomon released from jail, but Solomon commences a relentless pursuit to bring Rosenzweig before the courts to answer for war crimes.

By Maryann McFadden
Recommended By Susan L., Library Page

"The Richest Season is a stunning debut about three very different people, each changing their lives when such transformations are usually long over. It will resonate with any woman who's ever fantasized about leaving home to find herself (From the Publisher)."

By Emma Donoghue
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk, Susan L., Library Page, Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk
With Lisa Jones, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, May 22. 1 PM & 7:30 PM

Five–year–old Jack has spent his life living in an eleven–by–eleven foot space his mother calls Room and while Jack uses his imagination to create wondrous fantasies to entertain himself, his mother dreads the day her son begins to question why they must remain in Room and tries to find a way to escape.

By Tatiana de Rosnay
Recommended By Susan L., Library Page

American Journalist Julia Jarmond researches the brutal 1942 Nazi roundup in Paris and stumbles upon a connection between her family and one of the victims, which compels Julia to learn more about the girl's life.

By Barbara Delinsky
Recommended By Susan L., Library Page

“Deborah Monroe and her daughter, Grace, are driving home from a party when their car hits a man running in the dark. Grace was at the wheel, but Deborah sends her home before the police arrive, determined to shoulder the blame for the accident… Once again, Delinsky has delivered a riveting, superbly crafted family story (From the Publisher).”

By Deborah Feldman
Recommended By Pam Strudler, Programming & Arts Librarian, Susan L., Library Page, Amy B., Children's Librarian, Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian

Traces the author's upbringing in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, describing the strict rules that governed her life, arranged marriage at the age of seventeen, and the birth of her son, which led to her plan to leave and forge her own path in life.

By Randy Susan Meyers
Recommended By Susan L., Library Page

Putting her complete trust in her husband as he builds a financial empire, Phoebe is shattered when she discovers that her husband's successes are tied to an elaborate Ponzi scheme, a situation that forces her to make a terrible choice.

By Barbara Delinsky
Recommended By Susan L., Library Page

“Delinsky has another winner: a woman's story of a marriage gone sour, seasoned with betrayal, disloyalty, unhappiness, and greed (Library Journal Review).”