Shelf Indulgence - Wake Forest Library

Favorite books shared by members of Shelf Indulgence at the Wake Forest Community Library

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Book cover for "Secrets of the sprakkar"
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3.5 stars
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"A ... window into what a more gender-equal world could look like, and why it's worth striving for. Iceland is doing a lot to level the playing field: paid parental leave, affordable childcare, and broad support for gender equality as a core value. Reid takes us on an exploration not only around this fascinating island, but also through the triumphs and stumbles of a country as it journeys towards gender equality"--
Book cover for "How to be eaten"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
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"In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy. Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show, wonders if she really got her promised fairy-tale ending. And Raina's love story...
Book cover for "The last garden in England"
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Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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March 1
Description:
A "tale of five women in three eras, whose lives are tied together by one very special garden"--
Book cover for "Resistance women"
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Notes:
2/1/2023
Description:
After Wisconsin graduate student Mildred Fish marries brilliant German economist Arvid Harnack, she accompanies him to his German homeland, where a promising future awaits. In the thriving intellectual culture of 1930s Berlin, the newlyweds create a rich new life filled with love, friendships, and rewarding work--but the rise of a malevolent new political faction inexorably changes their fate. As Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party wield violence and...
Book cover for "Call your daughter home"
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4 stars
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"It's 1924 South Carolina and the region is still recovering from the infamous boll weevil infestation that devastated the land and the economy. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters from starvation or die at the hands of an abusive husband. Retta is navigating a harsh world as a first-generation freed slave, still employed by the Coles, influential plantation proprietors who once owned her family....