Wheaton Public Library: Grow with Us!
In her latest collection of linked short stories Secrets of Happiness (2021), Joan Silber writes about the impacts of a father’s secrets on his extended family and the people in their lives. As the characters revisit their own beliefs about Read more
In A Holidaze is a Christmas romance centered on Maelyn, who is in her mid-twenties, hates her job, and is unhappily single. The one happy place in Maelyn’s life is the cabin where her family always spends the holidays with Read more
I recently asked Laurel, a member of our circulation team, for a recommendation. Laurel was deep into We Begin at the End (2021) by British author Chris Whitaker. At her suggestion, I read a review in Book Page. “[A]n addictive Read more
Still Life by Sarah Winman is a love letter to the city of Florence, Italy, its art, and inhabitants. An ode to chance encounters, love and found family. A delightful story of a tender-hearted English soldier and an eccentric art historian who serendipitously meet on the outskirts of Florence towards the end of WWII. Filled Read more
In The Colour of Magic, part 1 of the Discworld Series, Terry Pratchett introduces readers to a flat earth-like planet held up on the back of four elephants balancing on the back of a giant turtle meandering through space. The Read more
Get ready to embark on a fun, quirky adventure with Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts (2019) by Kate Racculia. After eccentric billionaire Vincent Price dies, he invites Boston residents to join a treasure hunt. Tuesday Mooney is a loner, researcher, Read more
Fun fact: a section of The Dearly Beloved, Cara Wall’s debut novel, is set in Wheaton, Illinois! I had no idea this was the case when I started reading the book upon its 2019 release. My motivation to snap it Read more
Part eco fiction, part family saga, Greenwood by Michael Christie follows the story of the ill-fated Greenwood family through several generations. It starts in a dystopian future where fires and infestations have ravaged the land leaving only a few trees surviving, then rewinds back to the early 20th century to tease out Read more
What do you do when your whole world changes? That is the question Vasya must answer in Katherine Arden’s gorgeous story of Russian history and mythology. Vasilisa Petrovna has always been a strange girl. Everyone in her village says so; Read more
Brit Bennett‘s debut novel, The Mothers, earned well-deserved attention in 2016. The Vanishing Half, a compassionate and illuminating multi-generational saga published in 2020, has been received with even more enthusiasm by critics and readers alike, who have compared Bennett’s writing Read more