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Bookshelf
by Laurie Martecchini
We’re Open!
The Library of the American Women’s Club of The Hague is open and ready to provide you
with your next great read! The written word is important to us, so we carved out space in
the new Clubhouse to hold stacks of books, old and new. The Library is blended into the
rooms of the Clubhouse: bookshelves line the walls of common space and meeting rooms,
lending them a cozy atmosphere.
New Hours
The Library is open whenever the Clubhouse is open: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Perhaps these hours don’t fit your schedule? It’s your Library and
we’d like to try to find a mutually convenient way for you to check out the collection, so
please email us at awcthehague.library@gmail.com.
A Change in the Collection
We’ve trimmed the collection to a manageable size: 3,500 items. On display in our new
location you’ll find a large selection of fabulous adult fiction as well as DVDs, travel books
from 2009 and beyond, the Dutch collection, and a wonderful children’s collection of picture
books and youth fiction.
New on the Shelves in November
The Darlings by Cristina Alger
“Probably the most compulsively readable fiction to come out of the Wall
Street financial scandal so far…Alger knows the ins and outs of both
Wall Street and an upscale NYC lifestyle, nailing all the details, from the
plush, hushed atmosphere of high-end law firms to the right tennis togs
for a “casual” weekend in the Hamptons. Delicious reading.” ~ Booklist
“…A financial thriller somewhere between the novels of Dominick
Dunne…and Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities.” ~ Library Journal
The Expats by Chris Pavone
“Refreshingly original. . . . Part Ludlum in the pacing, part Le Carré in the
complexity of story and character, but mostly Chris Pavone. . . . A thriller
so good that you wonder what other ideas [Pavone] has up his cloak, right
alongside the obligatory dagger.” ~ The Star-Ledger
“Bristling with suspense and elegantly crafted, The Expats introduces a
compelling and powerful female protagonist you won’t
soon forget. Well done!” ~ Patricia Cornwell
Istanbul Passage: A Novel by Joseph Kanon
“A fast-moving, thinking man’s thriller. . . tense and atmospheric [with]
sinister intrigue.” ~ Wall Street Journal
“Reminiscent of the works of Graham Green.” ~ Alexander McCall Smith
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San Miguel by T. C. Boyle
“Boyle’s epic saga of struggle, loss, and resilience tackles Pacific pioneer
history with literary verve…[he] subtly interweaves the fates of Native
Americans, Irish immigrants, Spanish and Italian migrant workers, and
Chinese fishermen into the Waters’ and Lesters’ lives, but the novel is
primarily a history of the land itself, unchanging despite its various visitors
and residents, and as beautiful, imperfect, and unrelenting as Boyle’s
characters.” ~ Publishers Weekly
The Sisters by Nancy Jensen
“This is a gripping novel of how one missed connection between two
sisters can affect the generations to follow . . . The novel covers generations
of women beginning in 1927 and ending in 2007. Each of their lives
changed because of one misunderstanding. Each generation struggles to
find their own way in life and to maintain the fragile connections of family.
Hauntingly real, this will make a great book club choice.” ~ Karen Vail,
Titcomb’s Bookshop, Massachusetts
The Time in Between by Maria Dueñas
“Maria Dueñas weaves a spell, conjuring the heat and the glamour, the
hardship and the thrill of Morocco and Spain in the late 1930s. The world
of Casablanca comes to life as war breaks and Sira Quiroga, a beautiful
and betrayed seamstress, is forced to discover her own strength. At a time
when everyone must do what they can to survive, some will go beyond.”
~ Kate Morton, New York Times bestselling author of The Distant Hours
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