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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey2012, 389 pagesFictionAs a young couple, Jack and Mabel dreamed of having many children. After years of childlessness, they are finally blessed, but the baby is stillborn. Devastated, Jack and Mabel leave Jack's family farm in Pennsylvania to homestead in… 0

August 21, 2012
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Rescuing Regina: The Battle to Save a Friend from Deportation and DeathJosephe Marie Flynn2011, 340 pagesNonfictionSister Josephe Flynn met the Bakala family from Congo when they came to her parish to have their baby, Lydia, baptized. Lydia's mother, Regina, had been raised as a Catholic in… 0

July 17, 2012
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Book of the week

For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Rescuing Regina: The Battle to Save a Friend from Deportation and DeathJosephe Marie Flynn2011, 340 pagesNonfictionSister Josephe Flynn met the Bakala family from Congo when they came to her parish to have their baby, Lydia, baptized. Lydia's mother, Regina, had been raised as a Catholic in Congo… 0

June 26, 2012
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. Anatomy of a DisappearanceHisham Matar2011, 224 pagesFiction Author Hisham Mata has written a portrait of a sensitive young boy named Nuri whose mother dies when he is 9 years old. He lives in a mysterious world with a father whose political affiliations force them to live in exile.… 0

April 24, 2012
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Buddha's OrphansSamrat Upadhyay2010, 433 pagesFictionSamrat Upadhyay's story begins with the abandonment of an infant and suicide of his mother. We are introduced to the rough life of the poor on the streets of Kathmandu in 1962. A homeless man discovers the baby and brings him to a poor woman… 0

September 20, 2011
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The House on Salt Hay Road Carin Clevidence2010, 285 pagesFictionCarin Clevidence grew up "skating on the frozen canals of the boatyard, crabbing on the river, and sailing on the Great South Bay." This novel, her first, is based in that locale. Her tale is informed by the stories of her grandparents… 0

September 13, 2011