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![Summer Reading Bookmark Contest](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/Summer_Bookmark_Contest_banner_md.png?itok=n3hwdxzW)
Summer Reading Bookmark Contest
Submit a design based on the summer reading theme “Oceans of Possibilities™” for a chance to see your art on a bookmark! Entry forms can be downloaded HERE…
![Sea of Tranquility By Emily St. John Mandel](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Sea_of_Tranquility_0.png?itok=VYbRPCu_)
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an…
![Music Is History by Questlove](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_%20Music_Is_History_0.png?itok=jsDoRtbA)
In Music Is History, Questlove harnesses his encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and his deep curiosity about history to examine America over the last fifty years. Choosing one essential track from each year, Questlove unpacks each song’s significance, revealing the pivotal role that…
![The Color of Abolition By Linda Hirshman](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Linda_Hirshman.png?itok=ruXxObBk)
In the crucial early years of the Abolition movement, the Boston branch of the cause seized upon the star power of the eloquent ex-slave Frederick Douglass to make its case for slaves’ freedom. Journalist William Lloyd Garrison promoted emancipation while Garrison loyalist Maria Weston Chapman,…
![Fine Free graphic](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/fine_free_news_banner_sm.png?itok=P6zagNse)
The Pittsford Community Library (PCL) is a strong advocate for literacy and education and is dedicated to ensuring equitable access to materials for children and teens. PCL strives to create positive library experiences and believes that access for our youngest patrons encourages a lifelong…
![Nobody’s Magic By Destiny O. Birdsong](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Destiny_O_Birdson_0.png?itok=xtdo4HTW)
In this glittering triptych novel, Suzette, Maple and Agnes, three Black women with albinism, call Shreveport, Louisiana home. At the bustling crossroads of the American South and Southwest, these three women find themselves at the crossroads of their own lives.
Suzette, a…
![The Maid by Nita Prose](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Nita_Prose_0.png?itok=KHq5S13d)
Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by.
Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been…
![Dune by Frank Herbert](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Frank_Herbert_0.png?itok=O-DErt5j)
A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As…
![The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Nadifa_Mohamed.png?itok=hDPmWD1Q)
In Cardiff, Wales in 1952, Mahmood Mattan, a young Somali sailor, is accused of a crime he did not commit: the brutal killing of Violet Volacki, a shopkeeper from Tiger Bay. At first, Mahmood believes he can ignore the fingers pointing his way; he may be a gambler and a petty thief, but he is no…
![MLK Living the Dream Series](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/Living_the_Dream_hero_banner-sm_1.png?itok=kXL5I6ZI)
We’re hosting events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. throughout the month of January, including the Town of Pittsford’s MLK Living the Dream series. This series, which focuses on the lasting impact of Dr. King, features two documentary screenings, a panel discussion with local students, and…
![Bright Burning Things By Lisa Harding](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Lisa_Harding_0.png?itok=YN6uJS6R)
Sonya used to perform on stage. She used to attend glamorous parties, date handsome men, ride in fast cars. But somewhere along the way, the stage lights Sonya lived for dimmed for good. In their absence, came darkness - blackouts, empty cupboards, hazy nights she can't remember.
What…
![Call Us What We Carry By Amanda Gorman](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Amanda_Gorman.png?itok=xXlPxIos)
Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing.
In Call Us What We Carry…
![These Precious Days by Ann Patchett](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Ann_Patchett_0.png?itok=0wDXN8_5)
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate…
![Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Jodi_Picoult.png?itok=xnKs0O8a)
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She’s an associate specialist…
![Still Life by Sarah Winman](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Sara_Winman_0.png?itok=uOvkwH6A)
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who…
![The Sentence By Louise Erdrich](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/New_at_PCL_Louise_Erdrich_0.png?itok=QfrxRsNq)
The Sentence By Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich's latest novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora…
![Aftermath By Terri Blackstock](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/Staff_Recommendation_Terri_Blackstock.png?itok=uWRshsK0)
Aftermath By Terri Blackstock
A devastating explosion.
Three best friends attend a concert. Only one makes it out alive.
A trunk full of evidence.
When police stop Dustin Webb with a warrant to search his trunk, he knows there’s been a mistake. He’s former…
![What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/Staff_Recommendation_Omar_El_Akkad_0.png?itok=4IFEHc2A)
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to…
![Bookmark Contest](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/Bookmark_contest_md_0.png?itok=RYWJvddv)
Bookmark Contest
Submit a design for a chance to see your art on a bookmark! Entry forms are available at the Reference Desk or can be downloaded HERE. All submissions must be turned…
![Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler](/files/styles/library_blog_image/public/library/photos/Staff_Recommendation_Anne_Tyler_0.png?itok=kRKdI19u)
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life.
But one day…
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