Every month, staff at the Airdrie Public Library send the Airdrie City View a short synopses of some of the books in their collection. Here is the latest submission, including both fiction and non-fiction reads for adults to cozy up with this fall.
Adult Fiction
People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry
Alex is quiet, studious, and destined for a future in academia. Poppy is a wild child who only came to the University of Chicago to escape small-town life.
After sharing a ride home for the summer, the two form a surprising friendship. Over the years, Alex and Poppy's lives take them in different directions, but every summer, the two find their way back to each other for a magical week-long vacation – until one trip goes awry.
The Girl Behind the Wall
Mandy Robotham
When the Berlin Wall goes up, Karin is on the wrong side of the city. Overnight, she's trapped under Soviet rule in unforgiving East Berlin, separated from her twin sister, Jutta.
Karin and Jutta lead parallel lives for years, cut off by the Wall. When Jutta finds a hidden way through the ominous structure, the twins are finally reunited. But the Stasi have eyes everywhere, and soon Karin is faced with a terrible decision.
Adult Non-Fiction
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know – it's about how you behave, and behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.
In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories that explore the strange ways people think about money and teach you how to make better sense of one of life's most important topics.
My Remarkable Journey
Katherine Johnson
In My Remarkable Journey, Katherine Johnson shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer.
Her story is centered around the basic tenets of her life – no one is better than you, education is paramount, and asking questions can break barriers. This book brings into focus a determined woman who navigated tough racial terrain with soft-spoken grace, and the unrelenting grit required to make history and inspire future generations.
