Author Archives: Walpole Town Library

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times • Time • Marie Claire • Elle • Buzzfeed • Huffington Post • Good Housekeeping • The Week • Goodreads • New York Post • Publishers Weekly and many more “This is a true beach read! You can’t put it down!” – Jenna Bush Hager, Today Show Book Club Pick “Powerful  . . . A twisting tale of love,Continue reading “Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok”

“Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with amazing stories of adventure during his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America’s Special Operations Forces. Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American militaryContinue reading “Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William McRaven”

Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Oprah.com, Huffington Post, The A.V. Club, Nylon, The Week, The Rumpus, The Millions, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and more Poet Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and theContinue reading “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong”

First dates can be murder. “Ferociously smart.” ―AJ Finn “Riveting.” ―Riley Sager “Addictive.” ―Liv Constantine “Wonderfully tense.” ―Aimee Molloy “Irresistible.” ―Mary Kubica “Impossible to put down.” ―Megan Miranda “Riveting and compulsive, national bestselling author Wendy Walker’s The Night Before “takes you to deep, dark places few thrillers dare to go” as two sisters uncover long-buriedContinue reading “The Night Before by Wendy Walker”

“From the host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast comes a heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young woman who’s lost her husband and a major league pitcher who’s lost his game. “A quirky, sweet, and splendid story of a woman coming into her own.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & TheContinue reading “Evvie Drake Stars Over by Linda Holmes”

“A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory.” –Madeline Miller “A dazzling, multigenerational novel in which the four adult daughters of a Chicago couple–still madly in love after forty years–recklessly ignite old rivalries until a long-buried secret threatens to shatter the lives they’ve built. When Marilyn Connolly and DavidContinue reading “The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo”

“What might have been? That tantalizing question propels a woman on a cross-country adventure to reunite with the men she loved and let go, in Danielle Steel’s exhilarating new novel. It all starts with a fall from a ladder, in a firehouse in New York City. The firehouse has been converted into a unique ManhattanContinue reading “Lost and Found by Danielle Steel”

“A bighearted novel about family, migration, and the unbearable difficulties of love. Here’s a cast of characters you won’t soon forget.” Ayana Mathis, author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Named a Most Anticipated Novel by TIME MAGAZINE * USA TODAY * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY * NYLON * SOUTHERN LIVING * THE LOS ANGELES TIMES *Continue reading “In West Mills by De’Shawn Charles Winslow”

Join us at Town Hall for a presentation by Chris Schadler on Eastern Coyotes tonight Friday, June 14th at 7pm. “The Real Eastern Coyote” Learn the true story of the eastern coyote – how and when it arrived in New England, how it lives among us but is rarely seen and how it contributes toContinue reading “Coyote Presentation TONIGHT Friday June 14th”

“A chemistry student falls for his teacher and uncovers a centuries-old quest for the elixir of life The morning after the death of his first love, Conrad Aybinder receives a bequest. Sammy Tampari was Conrad’s lover. He was his teacher. And, it turns out, he was not just a chemist, but an alchemist, searching forContinue reading “The History of Living Forever by Jake Wolff”