Greetings!
This month, new books are flying in the door and our shelves are loaded with lots of brilliant new titles, perfect for whatever you are planning this summer. Come on in and we’ll help you find your next great holiday or patio read! So many stories to keep you satisfied and entertained, here at The Mulberry Bush.
Welcome back to our summer student, Audrey Vickers. Audrey is helping us out several days a week throughout July and August and keeping Tom on his toes!
This month we have two in-store Author Signings. Come and meet Canadian authors Emily Carrington (July 15th) and Nicole Magistro (July 29th.) We hope you'll join us - see details below.
We want to thank you, our valued customers over the years, for your loyalty, patronage, and friendship. It is always a joy to serve you! Make sure you read to the bottom of this newsletter to see if you are this month's Great Book Giveaway Winner!
See you in the book store!
Barb and Tom
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10 GREAT BEACH & PATIO
READS FOR SUMMER
New in paperback
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The It Girl
by Ruth Ware
An unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder.
Available July 12th
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The Rehearsals
by Annette Christie
A funny and romantic novel about a couple who call off their wedding after a disastrous rehearsal dinner - only to wake up the next morning stuck in a time loop.
Available July 5th
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The Hotel Nantucket
by Elin Hilderbrand
An immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel.
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Counterfeit
By Kristin Chen
The story of two Asian American women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise - an incisive and glittering blend of fashion, crime, and friendship.
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A Dying Breed
By Peter Hanington
In a brilliantly plotted contemporary thriller with echoes of Graham Greene and John le Carré, William Carver, a veteran but unpredictable BBC hack, is thrown into the unknown when a bomb goes off killing a local official. Warned off the story from every direction, Carver won't give in until he finds the truth.
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The Judge's List
By John Grisham
Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect - a sitting judge.
He has a list, with the names of his victims and targets, all unsuspecting people unlucky enough to have crossed his path and wronged him in some way. How can Lacy pursue him, without becoming the next name on his list?
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Never
By Ken Follett
Never is an extraordinary novel, full of heroines and villains, false prophets and elite warriors, jaded politicians and opportunistic revolutionaries. It brims with cautionary wisdom for our times, and delivers a visceral, heart-pounding read that transports readers to the brink of the unimaginable.
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Every Summer After
By Carley Fortune
Told over the course of six years in the past and one weekend in the present, Every Summer After is a gorgeously romantic look at love and the people and choices that mark us forever.
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Lessons in Chemistry
By Bonnie Garmus
This debut novel is set in 1960s California and features the singular voice of Elizabeth Zott, a scientist whose career takes a detour when she becomes the star of a beloved TV cooking show.
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The Man Who Lived Twice
By Richard Osman
Richard Osman is back with everyone’s favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of the Thursday Murder Club series is just as clever and warm as the first - an unputdownable, laugh-out-loud pleasure of a read.
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Book Lovers
by Emily Henry
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Nora Stephens' life is books - she’s read them all - and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again - in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow - what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.
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BARB'S PICK
Releasing Nov 1st
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Gilded Mountain
by Kate Manning
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This is such a great novel, with beautifully written characters, and an untold story set in the early 20th century in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Sylvie Pelletier recounts the story of leaving her family’s snowbound mountain cabin to work in the local newspaper office and manor house of the Padgetts, owners of the marble mining company that dominates the mountain and the local town of Moonstone. Sylvie navigates between the vastly different worlds of the striking miners and her ambitions of living a life of luxury when she flirts with the Padgett heir. But things turn dangerous as she faces the consequences of speaking out against injustice. This is a great read for book clubs too. This one is going to be a best-seller! |
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The Night Gate
by Peter May
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The Night Gate spans three generations from war-torn London, the outer Hebrides, and Vichy France to the deadly virus facing the world today. In this novel, Peter May shows why he is one of the great crime fiction writers of today. |
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Still Life
by Sarah Winman
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This novel begins in 1944 when a young British soldier Ulysses Temper meets Evelyn Skinner, an art historian. This chance meeting kindles a relationship that endures, despite decades before they meet again some forty years later.
During the intervening years, Ulysses inherits a villa in Florence and takes with him a cast of unforgettable characters who become his family.
It is best to read this novel slowly, savour the prose and poetry, a rich tapestry against the backdrop of late 20th century Florence.
This is a beautifully written novel about lasting friendships, love, food, wine and great art.
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All the Lovers in the Night
by Mieko Kawakami
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Thirty-something Fuyako spends her days holed up in her Tokyo apartment dedicating all her time to her job as a freelance copy editor. The few people she interacts with regularly seem to have large-as-life personalities, yet Fuyako is reserved and unsure of herself. As the book progresses we learn about how her past has shaped Fuyako into the woman she is today. If you’re looking for a poignant yet hopeful story with meaningful and transparent prose that feels like you’re seeing the inner thoughts and desires of someone you shouldn’t be, this is the book for you. Content warning for sensitive topics. |
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NEW NON-FICTION
Canadian Authors
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Let's Go Biking
Vancouver Island
by Colleen MacDonald
Sports/Recreation
Let’s Go Biking Vancouver Island has over a hundred easy, interesting, and adventurous routes on the Island, Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast.
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Fish For YOu
by Spencer Watts
Cookbook
This long awaited seafood cookbook features fun, exciting and globally influenced recipes with one-of-a-kind twists on seafood and fish.
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The Salmon Wars:
The Dark Underbelly of our Favorite Fish
by Douglas Frantz &
Catherine Collins
Science/Nature
A Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent and a former private investigator dive deep into the murky waters of the international salmon farming industry, exposing the unappetizing truth about a fish that is not as good for you as you have been told.
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How to Be a Climate Optimist:
Blueprints for a Better World
by Chris Turner
Science/Nature
This is a book that moves past the despair and futile anger over ecological collapse and harnesses that passion toward the project of building a twenty-first century quality of life that surpasses the twentieth-century version in every way.
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Wilson Duff
by Robin Fisher
Biography
In tracing the story of Wilson Duff, biographer Robin Fisher reveals the evolution of anthropological studies, the history of a time and place - Vancouver during the Great Depression and war years - and the more recent changes taking place in museum and anthropology studies. Told with insight, and attention to the controversies and complexities of Duff’s life, this story will fascinate anyone engaged in BC history.
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Invasive Flora of the West Coast
by Collin Varner
Nature
Designed for amateur naturalists, gardeners, and foragers, Invasive Flora of the West Coast is a clear, concise, full-colour guide to identifying and demystifying more than 170 invasive plant species in our midst, from Evening primrose to Scotch broom. Featuring colour photography, origin and etymology, safety tips and warnings, as well as historical uses, this book is practical, user-friendly, and portable for easy, on-the-go identification.
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The Bright Side
by Cathrin Bradbury
Memoir
The hilarious and moving story of how your life can change utterly in a single year - and how, even when the universe decides to kick you around, you can find yourself rewarded with grace.
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Using Power Well:
Bob Williams and the Making
of British Columbia
by Bob Williams
Biography
The compelling memoir of former British Columbia cabinet minister Bob Williams weaves his political and economic insights with the story of his unconventional life.
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We all know getting something for free these days is pretty unusual. That's why we love giving away a free book each month to a wonderful customer and recipient of our monthly e-newsletter.
This month our lucky winner will receive, a copy of the book, Ten Thousand Fields by K.L. Davidson, a $25.00 value.
Congratulations.....
PETER HUMPHRIES
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