Each week, when available, a local library will recommend a selection of books available for check out.

This week’s suggestions come from the Mamakating Library at 128 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. For more information, visit mamakatinglibrary.org, or call the library at 845-888-8004.

Bright I Burn

by Molly Aiken

Set in 13th century Ireland, Bright I Burn follows Alice Kyteler after she vows to never suffer the same fate as her mother, who was restricted by family responsibilities. Instead, Alice sets out to make her own way in the world and discovers a talent for making money, which she uses to build a thriving trade. But as her wealth and influence grow, so too do the whispers surrounding her personal life. In an age where a woman with power was a woman to be feared, Alice's success only served to fuel the gossip and resentment that surrounded her. When she marries her fourth husband, the local gossip and resentment culminate in a shocking accusation that could have deadly consequences.

The Sunflower House

by Adriana Allegri

In the heart of a small German village, Allina Strauss lives an idyllic life. She works in her uncle's bookshop, makes strudel with her aunt, and spends weekends with her friends and fiancé. But the world around her is anything but idyllic. It's 1939, Adolf Hitler is Chancellor, and Allina's family has a dark secret to protect: her mother was Jewish.

After a night of terror, Allina's family is dead, and she is forced to work as a nurse at Hochland Home, a state-run baby factory. The home is part of Heinrich Himmler's eugenics program, where “pure-blooded” women are kept to breed more Aryans. Allina must hide her Jewish heritage to survive, but the horrors she sees and is forced to carry out as a nursemaid to the children of the program awaken something fierce and protective inside her.

The Fabled Earth

by Kimberly Brock

The novel follows the lives of three women interconnected by a tragic event that occurred on the island in 1932. In 1959, the island's past resurfaces as three women's stories intersect. Reclusive artist Cleo Woodbine, who has lived for decades on Kingdom Come, a small island once home to servants of the Cumberland Island elite, is visited by the man who saved her life nearly thirty years earlier. This encounter sets off a chain of events that brings together folklorist Frances Flood, searching for the origins of a local legend connected to her mother's past, and Audrey Howell, a newly widowed innkeeper grappling with a mysterious double exposure photograph that suggests the return of a long-lost ghost.