“Resurrection Walk”
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Fiction: “Resurrection Walk” by Michael Connelly
Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long-shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence. He brings on board his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, to weed through the letters, knowing most claims will be false. Bosch pulls a needle from the haystack: a woman in prison for five years for killing her husband, a sheriff’s deputy, though all along, she has maintained that she didn’t do it. Bosch reviews the case and sees elements that don’t add up, and a sheriff’s department intent on bringing quick justice in the killing of one of its own. Now Haller has an uphill battle in court, a David fighting Goliaths to vindicate his client. The path for both the lawyer and investigator is fraught with danger from those who don’t want the case reopened and will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from finding the truth.
Nonfiction: “My Name is Barbra” by Barbra Streisand
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. In “My Name Is Barbra,” she tells her own story about her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making appearances in New York nightclubs to her breakout performance in “Funny Girl” (musical and film) to the long string of successes in every medium in the years that followed.
Youth: “The Moonlit Vine” by Elizabeth Santiago
Told with interstitial historical chapters, 14-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident. Despite her name, Taína Perez doesn’t know anything about her Taíno heritage, nor has she ever tried to learn. How would ancient Puerto Rican history help with anything? There’s constant trouble at school and in her neighborhood, her older brother was kicked out of the house, and with her mom at work, she’s left alone to care for her little brother and aging grandmother. Then her abuela tells Taína she is a direct descendant of Anacaona, a leader, warrior, and poet who was murdered by the Spanish in 1503. She gives her an amulet and a zemi and says that it is time for her to step into her power like the women who came before her. — adapted from jacket
