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New & Noteworthy DVDs data to make this one of those rare books that you carry in your heart and mind long aſter the last page. 4/23/19 Save Me the Plums – Ruth Reichl This is the story of the moment restaurants became an important part of pop culture, when the rise of the farm-to-table movement changed, forever, the way we eat. This was the golden age of print media and Reichl was editor of Gourmet magazine. Save Me the Plums is the journey of a woman coming to terms with being in charge and making a mark, complete with recipes. 4/2/19 New & Noteworthy Fic tion New & Noteworthy Nonfic tion The Book of Dreams – Nina George By the author of The Lile Paris Bookshop, George’s capvang novel centers on magical bonds between coma paents and their loved ones. As these four very different individuals fight—for hope, for paence, for life—they are bound together inextricably. 4/9/19 Feast Your Eyes – Myla Goldberg The first novel in nearly a decade from Myla Goldberg, the award- winning, New York Times bestselling author of Bee Season—a compelling and wholly original story about a female photographer grappling with ambion and motherhood, a balancing act familiar to women of every generaon. 4/16/19 Machines Like Me – Ian McEwan Set in an alternave 1980s London, Charlie, driſting through life and dodging full-me employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first synthec humans and—with Miranda's help—he designs Adam's personality. It isn't long before a love triangle soon forms, and these three beings confront a profound moral dilemma. 4/23/19 Normal People – Sally Rooney Connell and Marianne are from two different worlds but their lives connue to intersex through high school and college. Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtlees of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship. 4/16/19 Bumblebee (PG-13) Charlie Watson, a teenager, discovers and repairs the bale- scarred Transformer, who's disguised as a Volkswagen Beetle. The Transformer and Charlie team up to protect the world in an acon-packed adventure that's fun for the whole family. 4/2/19 Vice (R) Chrisan Bale stars as Dick Cheney in this epic tale of how a bureaucrac Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world. 4/2/19 Welcome to Marwen (PG-13) When a devastang aack leaves Mark Hogancamp shaered and without his memory, no one expected recovery. But by pung together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meculously creates a wondrous fantasy world, where he draws strength to triumph in the real one. 4/9/19 On the Basis of Sex (PG-13) The inspiring and true story of young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband to bring a groundbreaking case before the US Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discriminaon. 4/9/19 The Kid Who Would Be King (PG) Alex believes he is just another nobody unl he stumbles upon Excalibur, the mythical sword in the stone. He unites the wizard Merlin, his enemies, and his friends to take on Morgana. 4/16/19 American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race – Douglas Brinkley As the fiſtieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, Brinkley takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. 4/2/19 Moment of Liſt – Melinda Gates This book is an urgent call to courage. It will change how you think about yourself, your family, your work, and what’s possible in the world. Melinda weaves together vulnerable, brave storytelling and compelling
