Fire hates it that men fall in love with her because of her monstrous beauty. However, she is not above using her power to save the kingdom and to manipulate Archer, her lifelong friend with benefits. Politically complex and emotionally wrenching, this prequel to Graceling blazes from the first page to the last. Ages 14-18.
Wednesday, November 4, 7 p.m.
Mary Karr
Lit (HarperCollins, $25.99)
Karr’s third memoir follows her bestselling The Liars’ Club and Cherry, picking up the story of her life with an account of her marriage, motherhood, alcoholism, and recovery. This volume takes her from the brink of suicide through institutionalization and on to a miraculous normality, achieved with the help of writing and religious faith. Karr describes her difficult transformation with her signature relentless self-scrutiny and dark humor.
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