Collection Highlights: May 2022
Contributed by Jordan Wohlfort, Collection Development Librarian
May 2022
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
This month, we turn the spotlight on Asian American and Pacific
Islander authors. These five titles are just a sampling
of books published in 2022.
How High We Go in the Dark, by Sequoia Nagamatsu
DB106990
In this collection of linked stories and characters, humanity struggles to rebuild
itself in the aftermath of a climate plague. When a grieving man continues the
work of his deceased daughter in the Arctic Circle, he unknowingly unleashes
a plague that reshapes life on Earth for generations to come.
The Family Chao, by Lan Samantha Chang
DB106766
The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant's delicious
Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content to ignore any unsavory
whispers about the family owners. But when the three sons are all back in Haven,
the Chao family's secrets and simmering resentments erupt at last.
Homicide and Halo-Halo : Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, Book 2,
by Mia P. Manansala
DB106466
Lila Macapagal is not looking forward to the start of summer, especially
because she still has two eligible bachelors trying to court her, and she
can't commit to opening her new café. But when a teen beauty pageant
judge is murdered, Lila must help her cousin Bernadette.
When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East, by Quan Barry
DB107008
Tasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama--a spiritual teacher
who may have been born anywhere in the vast Mongolian landscape--
the young monk Chuluun sets out with his identical twin, Mun, who has
rejected the monastic life they once shared.
The Red Palace, by June Hur
DB106804
Korea, 1758. While investigating a series of grisly murders, eighteen-year-old palace nurse Hyeon navigates royal and political intrigue
and becomes entangled with a young police inspector.
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