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LW Library Leads

In Library Leads, library staff highlight new additions to the collection. To place an item on hold, call 562-598-2431.

“The Library at Mount Char,” by Scott Hawkins

Genre: Fantasy Fiction

Carolyn and a dozen other children being raised by “Father,” a cruel man with mysterious powers, begin to think he might be God. When he dies, they square off against each other to determine who will inherit his library, which they believe holds the power to all creation.

“Seven Sisters: Captives and Rebels in Revolutionary Europe’s First Family,” by Veronica Buckley Genre: Nonfiction, History

A spirited, poignant history of the seven daughters of the great Empress Maria Theresia—among them, Queen Marie Antoinette of France—tracing their lives as they balanced dynastic duty with personal ambition in a time of revolutionary cataclysm. Meticulously researched and animated by the sisters’ own diaries and almost daily letters traversing the continent, this book reveals the drama, tragedy and comedy of these exceptional yet all too human lives.

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