Books | August 2017

By Naperville Magazine
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FICTION

Mrs. Fletcher
By Tom Perrotta (Scribner)
Mrs. Fletcher is a new novel about sex, love and identity on the frontlines of America’s culture wars, as a mother and son make mistakes when they’re no longer sure of who they are or where they belong.

Sulfur Springs
By William Kent Kruger (Atria Books)
In William Kent Krueger’s latest novel, Cork O’Connor’s search for a missing man in the Arizona desert puts him at the center of a violent power struggle along the Mexican border—a struggle that might cost Cork everything and everyone he holds most dear.

NONFICTION

To Siri with Love
By Judith Newman (HarperCollins Publishers)
To Siri with Love is a collection of funny, poignant and uplifting stories about living with an extraordinary thirteen-year-old boy with autism who has helped his mom see and experience the world differently.

Happiness: A Memoir
By Heather Harpham (Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.)
What started as a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites Heather and Brian turns into her delivering her baby alone after he decides he doesn’t want kids. But once she finds out her baby is perilously ill, Brian reappears and the couple has to decide what they are willing to risk for their little girl.