SCPL Reads: International Book Lovers Day

Evie Porter, a woman with many faces and identities, covertly moves from job to job for her unknown employer until Ryan Summer, her latest mark, gets under her skin and makes her envision a different sort of life.

William, a reserved college basketball scholarship recipient with a tragic childhood, begins dating Julie, the eldest of four boisterous sisters in 1970s Chicago. His acceptance into the family becomes a defining moment for all concerned.

Despite breaking up months earlier, a picture-perfect couple still haven't told their friends about the split and attempt to pretend they are still together at an annual Maine getaway in the new novel from the best-selling author of Book Lovers.

In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires--and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes.

High school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about anything with the women in her book club, which is why they've become her closest friends and, along with the support of her husband, the bedrock of her life. Her students, her fraught relationship with mother, her struggles with IVF--Polly's book club friends have heard it all. But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. Despite it seeming like a mistake, Polly cannot help combing through her family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life profoundly.

This book club title is available in regular and large print formats.