September's Book of the Month is The Nix
The Nix by Nathan Hill is our featured title for September. Copies are available in the “New” room on the upper level of the library.
About the Book
It’s 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Anderson hasn’t seen his mother, Faye, in
decades—not since she abandoned the family when he was a boy. Now she’s
reappeared, having committed an absurd crime that electrifies the
nightly news and inflames a politically divided country. The media
paints Faye as a radical hippie with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel
knows, his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school
sweetheart. Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain:
she’s facing some serious charges, and she needs Samuel’s help.
To save her, Samuel will have to embark on his own journey, uncovering long-buried secrets about the woman he thought he knew, secrets that stretch across generations and have their origin all the way back in Norway, home of the mysterious Nix. As he does so, Samuel will confront not only Faye’s losses but also his own lost love, and will relearn everything he thought he knew about his mother, and himself.
To save her, Samuel will have to embark on his own journey, uncovering long-buried secrets about the woman he thought he knew, secrets that stretch across generations and have their origin all the way back in Norway, home of the mysterious Nix. As he does so, Samuel will confront not only Faye’s losses but also his own lost love, and will relearn everything he thought he knew about his mother, and himself.
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