Stop by to toast Wendy Walker!!!

 

Summer Thrillers

Watson is a terrific thriller writer. This one revolves around the death of the protagonist's sister. Was it an accident or murder. As the main personality starts to investigate her sister's life there are quirky internet elements that completely ensnare her.

I picked up this book after hearing from a few publishers that they were completely thrown off the scent with this thriller. Love that! Starting out with the hit and run  accident of a five year old, the single Mom is shattered. She disappears from sight hoping to lose herself and her grief. As this tale moves forward we realize this is a twisted case which none of the Bristol police will let slip away.
You will actually gasp out loud!

"This isn't just a good novel; it's a great one. I trusted no one in these pages, yet somehow cared about them all. Before The Fall brings a serrated edge to every character, every insight,
and every wicked twist."

 

-Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author

 This is the summer book that we can't keep on the shelves. Lots of buzz between booksellers and customers.

 A foggy summer night plane crash leaves only two survivors. As the passengers' intrigues unravel odd coincidences point to a conspiracy.
Page turner!!!

 

 

All three of these thrillers will keep you turning pages.

Great Event at the Wilton Library April 12th

Don't miss Suzanne Rindell tonight at the Wilton Library. www.wilton library.org.

 “Suzanne Rindell’s latest novel is a riveting account of three young adults struggling to define themselves against issues of family, race, and sexual identity in the intolerant world of the '50s. Three-Martini Lunch is a gripping study of the ways in which people betray others and themselves in an effort to carve out places for themselves in a competitive and unforgiving world.”—Sara Gruen, New York Times-bestselling author of Water for Elephants and At the Water’s Edge

Join Elm Street Books For Earth Day Saturday April 23 at 1:30pm
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The New Canaan Nature Center

The Humane EconomyHow Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals

Join us for this fascinating speaker,
Wayne Pacelle, CEO of The Humane Society of the United States.

Booksigning to follow.

 

A major new exploration of the economics of animal exploitation and a practical roadmap for how we can use the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures, from the renowned animal-rights advocate Wayne Pacelle, President/CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of The Bond.

 

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 Author Talk with Nancy Jo Sales for her book "American Girls Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers."

Don't miss this!!

Wednesday April 27th, 6:30 pm @ the Wagner Room,
@ the New Canaan High School.

This event is sponsored by Elm Street Books, New Canaan Cares
and the New Canaan Library,

Register Online @newcanaancares.org

When Breath Becomes Air

This week a wonderful book, a memoir of a most talented surgeon, Paul Kalanithi published on Tuesday. Copies have been flying out of the store and with good reason. This is such a powerful book,sharing both  the eyes of an exceptional man confronting his mortality and the acute vision of the world of medicine as doctor and patient Don't miss it.
Follow this link to the NYTimes review.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/books/review-in-when-breath-becomes-air-dr-paul-kalanithi-confronts-an-early-death.html?smtyp=cur&_r=0

Some super new titles for the New Year!!!


Pultizer prize winner, Elizabeth Strout has hit the mark again with her latest novel, "My Name is Lucy Barton." She has the ability to take ordinary situations and use them to make acute observations on the human condition. If you liked "Olive Kitteridge" you will totally enjoy this read.

Coming at the end of January is a totally captivating read by Melanie Benjamin, author of "The Aviator's Wife." Benjamin is a master at creating historical fiction that bring the characters up front and personal. Her latest novel, " The Swans of Fifth Avenue" bring to life the glamourous 1950s and  the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley.

You'll also want to read "The Early Stories of Truman Capote." A look into the first bold steps of an American literary icon.



Celebrate the New Dr. Seuss Book!!!

A Newer Than New New Dr Seuss Book

"What Pet Should I Get???

This is Dr. Seuss week at Elm Street Books.
We'll have storytimes, crafts and giveaways all week long.

Tuesday July 28th is the release date for this latest and greatest Dr. Seuss title.