Every month, staff from the Airdrie Public Library send the Airdrie City View a small collection of some of the titles available at the library, along with some short synopses. The titles include both adult fiction and non-fiction selections.
Here is the May 2022 submission, showcasing some of the library's books Airdrie readers can enjoy getting lost in this spring.
Adult Fiction
It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoover
https://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&pos=3&cn=1440881
Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants.
So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his "no dating" rule, she can't help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.
Her first love and a link to the past she left behind, Atlas Corrigan, was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.
One Italian Summer
Rebecca Serle
https://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&pos=2&cn=1924573
A moving and unforgettable exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.
When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. Katy has been waiting years for Carol to take her to Italy, and now she is faced with embarking on the adventure alone. But as soon as she steps foot on the Amalfi Coast, Katy begins to feel her mother’s spirit.
Adult Non-Fiction
Freezing Order: a True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath
Bill Browder
https://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&pos=1&cn=1948166
Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin’s number-one enemy by exposing Putin’s campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way.
When Browder’s young Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his life’s mission to go after his killers and make sure they faced justice. As Browder and his team tracked the money as it flowed out of Russia through the Baltics and Cyprus and on to Western Europe and the Americas, they were shocked to discover that Vladmir Putin himself was a beneficiary of the crime.
Managing Expectations: a Memoir in Essays
Minnie Driver
https://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&pos=1&cn=1945075
Minnie Driver writes with disarming charm and candour about her bohemian upbringing, being discovered at a rave in a muddy field in the English countryside, shooting to fame in one of the most influential films of the 1990s, being nominated for an Academy Award, and finding the true light of her life, her son.
She chronicles her unconventional career path, including the time she gave up on acting to sell jeans in Uruguay, her journey as a single parent, and the heartbreaking loss of her mother.
