Here’s a listing of the newest large print titles available at both branches of the Irondequoit Public Library.
FICTION
- A Christmas Homecoming by Anne Perry
Traveling up the Yorkshire coast with her husband and his acting troupe, Caroline, the mother of Charlotte Pitt, anticipates their arrival at the famed fishing village landing sight of Count Dracula in Bram Stoker’s tale and develops an awareness about inviting and disallowing evil.
- A Lawman’s Christmas: Mckettrick’s of Texas by Linda Lael Miller
When her husband, the town marshal, dies suddenly, twenty-five-year-old Dara Rose Nolan, a seamstress with two young daughters to care for, agrees to a marriage of convenience with the town’s new marshal, Clay McKettrick
- A Young Wife by Pam Lewis
Follows the experiences of Minke Van Aisma across three continents as she journeys from a life of opulence in Amsterdam to the immigrant experience in 19th-century New York, tracing her efforts to find her kidnapped son and take revenge on those responsible for his abduction.
- Bonnie by Iris Johansen
When her beloved 7-year-old daughter disappears during a class trip, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan dedicates her talents to protecting other children and helping families to find closure while searching for her own daughter’s killer, in a conclusion to the trilogy that began with Eve and Quinn.
- Ghost Story : A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Wizard detective Harry Dresden, murdered by an unknown assassin, must save his friends and his soul without any magic to help him.
- Lost December by Richard Paul Evans
The best-selling author of The Christmas Box presents a story inspired by the biblical tale of the prodigal son in which Luke, a recent MBA graduate, refuses to take over the family business and instead cashes out his trust funds to pursue a life of wanton pleasure.
- Next to Love by Ellen Feldman
Follows the stories of three young couples whose lives are irrevocably changed in the years following World War II, a period during which they struggle with difficult losses and witness profound transformations in American culture.
- Secrets of Bella Terra: a Scarlet Deception novel by Christina Dodd
When he returns home to his family’s sprawling vineyard resort to discover who attacked his grandmother, Rafe Di Luca’s homecoming stirs up a long-ago feud and reunites him with Brooke Petersson, the woman he once betrayed.
- The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje
Boarding a 1950s ship and sequestered to an out-of-sight dining table with other marginalized children, an 11-year-old boy shares rollicking adventures while traveling to various world regions, learning about jazz, women and a shackled prisoner along the way.
- The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler
A U.S. release of an internationally best-selling title finds Swedish Detective Inspector Joona Linna investigating the murders of three family members, whose killing was witnessed by a fourth intended victim, a traumatized child whose shock Linna hopes to penetrate through a controversial hypnotism session.
- The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
When a bizarre phenomenon causes the cataclysmic disappearances of numerous people all over the world, Kevin Garvey, the new mayor of a once-comfortable suburban community, struggles to help his neighbors heal while enduring the fanatical religious conversions of his wife and son.
- The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Madeleine Hanna breaks out of her straight-and-narrow mold when she enrolls in a semiotics course and falls in love with charismatic loner Leonard Morten, a time which is complicated by the resurfacing of man who is obsessed with the idea that Madeleine is his destiny.
- Shameless by Anne Stuart
Desiring a prim and proper wife he can ignore so that he can indulge his sensual appetites elsewhere, Viscount Rohan instead finds himself drawn to Lady Melisande Carstairs when she bursts into his life to tell him that his brother has graduated from simple debauchery to sadistic violence.
NONFICTION
- Best Friends Occasional Enemies : The Lighter Side of Life As a Mother and Daughter B\by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
An Edgar Award-winning author and her Harvard-educated daughter present an uproarious volume of personal essays that explore life through their close bond, in a volume inspired by their weekly Philadelphia Inquirer column, “Chick Wit,” that discusses such topics as their relationship, their carb counts and the green jacket that almost caused a catfight.
- Holy Ghost Girl by Donna Johnson
Recounts the author’s childhood as an organist’s daughter for tent revivalist David Terrell, describing her witness to his mass “miracles” and his morally corrupt activities behind the scenes as well as the growing fame that transformed his broken-down caravan into a lucrative ministry before his illegal practices were exposed.
- The Orchard: A Memoir by Theresa Weir
Anne Frasier describes the marriage of Theresa Weir to the favorite son of local orchard-owners whose bad luck makes them seem cursed and depicts the newlyweds’ life on the farm amidst pesticides, environmental destruction and death.
Published on November 14, 2011.
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