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Love Can’t Feed You by Cherry Lou Sy

Queenie is on the cusp of adulthood when she, her younger brother and her elderly Chinese father emigrate from the Philippines to meet her Filipina mother in Brooklyn. Unable to afford the schooling she expected, she tries to settle into her new working life as her mother hardens, her brother withdraws and her father’s anger grows. In a heart-rending coming-of-age story exploring themes of multinational belonging, Queenie finds herself suspended between two countries, two identities and two parents as her American dream disintegrates into a harsh reality.
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Odd Spirits by S.T. Gibson

This prequel novella to the Summoner’s Circle series finds the bond between the unlikely couple of Rhys and Moira tested by a malevolent entity that has taken up residence in their home. The ceremonial magician and the tarot witch already find themselves on opposite ends of the magical spectrum, and as the series’ psychic ex and secret society find their way into the story, things get messy in search for a solution.

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The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich

In Argus, North Dakota along the Red River, Gary Geist, a terrified young man set to inherit two farms, is desperate to marry Kismet Poe, a lapsed Goth. Surrounding the wedding are a group of figures including Hugo, a gentle giant in love with Kismet and ready to be a homewrecker, and Kismet’s mother, Crystal, who hauls sugar beets for Gary’s family and worries about the future. This tender novel of hallucinatory mourning traces the slow pace of human time, set against the speed of climate change and the 2008 financial crisis, as the members of this starkly beautiful prairie community reckon with powerful forces seeking to upend their way of life.

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The Message by Ta-Nehesi Coates

Coates, drawn by his fascination with how the stories we tell shape and often distort our realities, visits Africa for the first time. In Senegal, in what becomes a reckoning for his Afrocentrist upbringing, he feels split between the modern day city and mythic kingdom in his mind. Returning to the states, he meets a teacher whose job is threatened due to teaching one of his books and meets her supporters who have been largely mobilized by recent social movements. Finally, in the third and longest of the interlocking essays, he travels to Palestine and experiences firsthand the devastating gap between myth and reality. Throughout, Coates demystifies the destructive power of nationalist narratives and urges readers to seek out the liberating power of the truth.

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The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

The Haddesley family has tended a cranberry bog for time immemorial, and has in turn received a “bog-wife” each generation to further the family line. When the bog refuses to hold up its end of the bargain, the cultish system begins to crumble. Still grieving the disappearance of their mother five years prior and facing an unknown future, the five disparate siblings struggle to find a way forward. Wenna, the only sibling who has experienced the outside world, urges the family to abandon their patrimony, even as the others attempt to resuscitate it. Incorporating elements of eco-horror and filled with psychological drama, the novel questions what is knowable about a family’s past and when it is time to move forward.

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The Scarecrow Stroll competition begins October 1st! Stop by Innisfree Bookshop to vote for our entry. Can you guess this storybook princess? 👸🐁🥿

Isn't it great when all the pieces fall together? At Innisfree Meredith we've raked up a big pile of autumn themed puzzles for you and your loved ones to jump into! (Please don't actually jump into them, it's more of a figure of speech.) 🍁🍂 Mill Falls Marketplace

Today is the final day of Banned Books Week - Let Freedom Read day! Censorship won’t stop just because Banned Books Week does. Head to bannedbooksweek.org to find resources and suggestions for how you can get ready to vote for the freedom to read, take action to help defend books from censorship, and stand up for those who make them available.

Some new Folkmanis friends have joined us at Innisfree Meredith! Come see our restocked selection of hand and finger puppets and choose your next reading buddy.

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The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, the Nobel laureate lays claim to Thomas Mann territory in this new retreat horror. It’s the eve of World War I and Mieczysław, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen. As the sanatorium residents imbibe on the hallucinogenic local liquor and discuss the great issues of the day (Will there be war? Does the devil exist?), disturbing things begin to happen in and around the guesthouse. With social commentary as chilling as any occult presence, Mieczyslaw attempts to unravel the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces outside. Little does he know, they have already chosen their next target.

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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

Peter, a suave Dublin attorney, and Ivan, an awkward former chess prodigy, are grieving the recent death of their father. After twenty-two-year-old Ivan defeats nine opponents at a simultaneous exhibition in rural Ireland, he begins a love affair with the venue’s curator, a woman in her thirties emerging from her own turbulent past. Peter is dating a college student ten years his junior, but still feels an enduring connection to Sylvia, his best friend and former lover. Through these nontraditional relationships that have become her trademark, Rooney uses her rhythmically direct and propulsive style to delve into what truly pulls on the heartstrings of her generation.

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The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley

Five years after the disappearance of the grunge-rocker’s soulmate and other half of The Lightning Bottles, Elijah Hart, Jane is the most hated and misunderstood woman in the music industry. Retreating to a home in the German countryside, she is startled by the evidence offered by her new neighbor, a Lightning Bottles superfan, that Elijah is not only alive, but is sending secret messages to Jane. In both a love letter to the 90s and a searing portrait of the cost of fame, the two outsiders brought together by their love of music embark on a cross-continent adventure to solve the mystery of the missing star.

It's Banned Books Week! This is a time to come together, celebrate the right to read, and find freedom in the pages of a book. Let’s be "Freed Between the Lines."

The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom found that challenges of unique titles surged 65% in 2023 compared to 2022 numbers, reaching the highest level ever documented by ALA.

This Banned Books Week, let’s stand up for the freedom to read!

New Lego Drop! Lego Advent calendars and Lego D&D minifigures have arrived at Innisfree Meredith. Give us a visit while they're still in stock!

6th edition? 5.5? One D&D? Whatever it is, the 2024 Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook is here! We also have new TTRPG adjacent merch including a book for generating random monsters and new Renae Chrystal greeting card design!

We're right in the middle of Thinking-of-You Week, so it's a great time to reach out to all of your pen pals. As always, Innisfree has a great selection of cards to send exactly the right message!

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The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi

A place between life and death, Mr. Hirasaka’s photo studio transports the recently departed into a world of nostalgia, laughter and love as they get a chance to see selected memories flash before their eyes through his “spinning lantern of memories”. His guests, including an old woman who worked as a nursery teacher, a compassionate former overseer and a girl who died tragically young, are also given the opportunity to travel back in time to take a vivid picture of a moment of their life they wish to cherish in a special way. Full of charm and whimsy, Mr. Hirasaka offers a heartwarming and life-affirming view of passing on.

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Entitlement by Rumaan Alam

Through her single white adoptive mother and her Vassar education, Brooke, a 33-year-old Black woman, has a diverse range of intelligent and prosperous college buddies and family friends, but understands all too well that in New York City glamor comes down to money. When she takes a job working for a philanthropic organization, she is quickly taken under the wing of the 83-year-old billionaire businessman at its head, transforming her worldview from intellectual contentment to an embrace of privileges of extreme wealth. The result is a dizzying psychological thriller offering commentary on different types of affluence and the freedoms they afford.

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Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

This new collection by the bestselling author revisits realms from past series and immerses the reader in new lands. Included within are a mushroom witch with a bad roommate, an ancient Roman Dragon Force, a young bride’s gamble with Death and a dragon-filled reimagining of ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Familiarity with Novik’s series is not necessary as these stories can provide an introduction to the magic fans have grown to love or take readers deeper into some of their favorite worlds.

Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty is back in stock at Innisfree Meredith! Great for stress relief, creativity, and fun - stop by to choose your favorite!

As the weather cools and the leaves begin to change, celebrate the new season with an autumnal book from Innisfree! 🍁🍂

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Friday the 13th + Fall Weather = Spooky Season! Give yourself a scare with one of our great horror titles!

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Bone of the Bone by Sarah Smarsh

This collection of essays examines working class life to offer an incisive critique of the challenges that define our times. Ranging in style from personal to journalistic (and everywhere in between), she uncovers the economic conditions and political rhetoric that engender much of our misunderstanding and discrimination. Covering such topics as the socioeconomic significance of dentistry, the criminalization of poverty and the fallacy of “red” and “blue” states, Smarsh creates perspective-shifting arguments that are essential additions to our contemporary civic discourse.

Innisfree Meredith has a great selection of autumn and Halloween themed cards in stock! We're not trying to scare you, but make sure you get yours before it's too late...