Central Bedfordshire Council: Book of the Month September
Date Added: 27/09/2022
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. With his mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett plans to pick up his eight-year-old brother Billy and head to California to start a new life. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have stowed away in the trunk of the warden's car. They have a very different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take the four of them on a fateful journey in the opposite direction, to New York City.
Our book of the month is The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, an extraordinary journey through 1950s America from the author of A Gentleman in Moscow. You can find and request a copy now through our library catalogue, Arena, free of charge. You can also request and listen to it on audiobook on BorrowBox. Not a member? You can join at your local library or, join online here. Forgotten your PIN. Get it sent to you here.
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Audiobooks to download
We have thousands of audiobooks available to listen to on our complementary audiobook services, Libby and BorrowBox, and all free of charge. New titles are being added all the time. Here's just a small selection to give you a sense of what you can listen to:
• The Duke and I is the first in the original Bridgeton series by Julia Quinn, all available to listen to immediately
• Rediscover J.R.R. Tolkien, with the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings saga
• In The Importance of Being Interested by Robin Ince, the popular comedian and podcaster journeys through science, explaining why it should be for everyone
• Dark secrets and hidden sorrows abound in Santa Montefiore’s spellbinding new novel, An Italian Girl in Brooklyn, set in war-torn Italy and the streets of New York
• People Person by Candice Carty-Williams is a propulsive story of heart, humour and homecoming from the author of Queenie
• The Last Library by Freya Sampson is a funny, poignant story about the importance of community, kindness and friendship
• Luster by Raven Leilani is a painfully funny debut about what it means to be young now, razor-sharp, page-turning and surprisingly tender
• The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex is an intoxicating and suspenseful mystery, an unforgettable story inspired by real events
Download the Libby and BorrowBox apps to discover, borrow and listen to these, and many more, titles on audiobook.