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Published: 6/17/2012 | Updated: 5/18/2013
This week at the Quincy Public Library the staff recommends "A Bitter Veil: A Novel of Iran" by Libby Fisher Hellmann. Meeting as college students in Chicago, the fair American Anna and dark Iranian Nouri made a striking couple. Anna thought by marrying Nouri she would have the family she always longed for despite their very different backgrounds. Their life together would begin in his homeland of Iran. The idyllic life she dreamed about slowly turned into a nightmare as a beautiful country was torn apart by revolution in 1978 with the overthrow of the Shah and the rise of the Islamic Republic. Family turned against family, neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend. As Iran became increasingly hostile to American citizens, Nouri became more of a stranger to her and she didn't know who among her newfound friends to trust. Fearing for her life, Anna decided to leave her marriage and her new homeland only to discover that she couldn't leave Iran without her husband's permission. Libby Fischer Hellmann has written an extraordinary novel. Well researched with a convincing plot, this one is hard to put down. Mark Titus was a high school basketball star who wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon. He decided to attend Ohio State University only because three of his friends and teammates were recruited. Titus became the team manager after having been told he could practice with the team, which turned out to be not quite true. Titus was ready to quit when a series of injuries had the coach asking him if he would join the team as a walk-on (otherwise known as a benchwarmer). It didn't matter to Titus just as long as he was added to the official roster and got to dress for every game. "Don't Put Me In, Coach" is Titus' hilarious story of being an under-achiever on one of the country's best college basketball teams. Having problems getting a date? You need to check out "Always Hit on the Wingman" by Glamour magazine's dating columnist, Jake. After handing out advice for the past 56 years, "Jake" really knows what he's talking about. He shares simple dating tips for both men and women such as being comfortable with your body and your personality is a huge turn-on and why sex on the first several dates is a big no-no. Readers are also given a behind-the-scenes look at how Jake came to be, thoughts from previous Jakes, and why you should take his advice. If you are looking for a date and haven't been successful so far, you really need to listen to Jake. Mary Jo Putney brings fans the next installment in the romantic Lost Lords Series with "No Longer a Gentleman." Grey Sommers fancied himself a spy when he agreed to pass along information to England during his travels to France after the revolution. But an affair with a married woman has dire consequences when her well-connected and very jealous husband discovered them together. Ten years later, Cassie Fox, one of England's most unusual spies, is sent to a village outside of Paris to investigate rumors of an English lord who is a prisoner at the Castle Durand. There she finds Grey and a captive French priest. Rescuing the two men was the easy part. Can Cassie bring back the spirit of the man he used to be and save Grey's heart as well? From her christening in 1938 to her dismantling starting in 1958, the USS Enterprise was the United States' busiest aircraft carrier, having taken part in 20 battles during World War II. Starting with Pearl Harbor and ending in the Phillipine Sea after a kamikaze attack destroyed most of the flight deck, Enterprise contributed much to the war in the Pacific. In the book "Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship," author Barrett Tillman not only provides detailed information about Enterprise and her battles, but especially the men who proudly served, and those who died, for their country while on board. All of these books are available for checkout at the Quincy Public Library if you have a current Quincy or Tri-Quincy Area Public Library District card. Reciprocal borrowing cards from other area libraries will be honored as well. You may also place reserves on library materials and check your patron record online at www.quincylibrary.org.
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