This information is over 2 years old. Information was current at time of publication.{"id":12033,"date":"2019-07-25T13:24:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T17:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/?p=12033"},"modified":"2019-08-09T09:52:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:52:50","slug":"summer-leisure-reading-hsls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/summer-leisure-reading-hsls\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Leisure Reading @HSLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to take a vacation and looking for some nonwork-related reading? Check out Falk Library&#8217;s print collection of leisure fiction and non-fiction books. Located on the main floor of the library, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/leisure-reading\">Leisure Reading@HSLS Collection<\/a> offers a revolving set of books, including titles from the New York Times Best Sellers list. Here&#8217;s a sample of books currently available:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12034\" src=\"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/files\/2019\/07\/becoming.png\" alt=\"Becoming, Michelle Obama\" width=\"135\" height=\"206\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12035\" src=\"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/files\/2019\/07\/glass_ocean.png\" alt=\"The Glass Ocean\" width=\"135\" height=\"206\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12036\" src=\"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/files\/2019\/07\/an_american_marriage.png\" alt=\"An American Marriage a novel Tayari Jones\" width=\"135\" height=\"206\" \/><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>American Marriage<\/em> by Tayari Jones<br \/>\n\u201cNewlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn\u2019t commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir<\/em> by Nicole Chung<br \/>\n\u201cChung investigates the mysteries and complexities of her transracial adoption in this chronicle of unexpected family for anyone who has struggled to figure out where they belong.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>Glass Ocean: A Novel<\/em> by Beatriz Williams<br \/>\n\u201cA captivating historical mystery, infused with romance, that links the lives of three women across a century\u2014two deep in the past, one in the present\u2014to the doomed passenger liner, RMS Lusitania.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>Mars Room: A Novel<\/em> by Rachel Kushner<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s 2003 and Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women\u2019s Correctional Facility, deep in California\u2019s Central Valley, where she\u2019s about to meet a new reality.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>Becoming<\/em> by Michelle Obama<br \/>\n\u201cAn intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel<\/em> by Oyinkan Braithwaite<br \/>\n\u201cSatire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>The Silence of the Girls: A Novel<\/em> by Pat Barker<br \/>\n\u201cBarker turns her attention to the timeless legend of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These and many other books are available for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/borrowing-information\">check-out<\/a> by University of Pittsburgh students, staff, and faculty, and UPMC residents and fellows, and can be kept for a three-week period (and may be renewed).<\/p>\n<p>~Mary Lou Klem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to take a vacation and looking for some nonwork-related reading? 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