Field Notes on Love

Field Notes on Love 

by Jennifer E. Smith 

Language: English 

Ember, 2020. 

274 pages ; 21 cm. 

ISBN: 0399559442 ; 9780399559440 

Summary: It's the perfect idea for a romantic week together: traveling across America by train. But then Hugo's girlfriend dumps him. Her parting gift: the tickets for their long-planned last-hurrah-before-college trip. Only, it's been booked under her name. Nontransferable, no exceptions. Mae is still reeling from being rejected from USC's film school. When she stumbles across Hugo's ad for a replacement Margaret Campbell (her full name!), she's certain it's exactly the adventure she needs to shake off her disappointment and jump-start her next film. A cross-country train trip with a complete stranger might not seem like the best idea. But to Mae and Hugo, both eager to escape their regular lives, it makes perfect sense. What starts as a convenient arrangement soon turns into something more. But when life outside the train catches up to them, can they find a way to keep their feelings for each other from getting derailed? 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399559442/

Hjalte Donut

Hjalte Donut 

by Anja Hitz 

illus. by Birgitte Ahlmann 

Language: Danish 

ABC Forlag : [sælges på internettet], 2020. 

p. ; cm. 

ISBN: 9788779168619 ; 8779168612 

Summary: ”Hvorfor skal du overhovedet kysse med en hel masse?” Jeg kan mærke, at jeg bliver helt rød i hovedet, da jeg selv siger kysse. ”Jeg prøver nogle forskellige, og så ser jeg, hvem jeg vil gå efter,” siger Mulle. Hjalte har ingen far. I hvert fald ikke en han nogensinde kommer til at kende. Sådan er det bare at være donorbarn. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8779168612/

The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are

The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are 

by Libby Copeland 

Language: English 

New York : Abrams Press, 2020. 

ISBN: 9781419747939 ; 1419747932 

Summary: Journalist Libby Copeland explores the culture of genealogy buffs, the science of DNA, and the business of companies like Ancestry, and delves into the lives that have been changed by home DNA tests. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Family-How-Testing-Upending/dp/1419747932/

The End

The End 

by Mats Strandberg 

Language: English 

Arctis, 2020. 

384 pages 

ISBN: 1646900065 ; 9781646900060 

Summary: When will the world end? With Foxworth, a massive comet, hurtling toward Earth, humanity now knows the exact date. Seventeen-year-old Simon wants to spend his last weeks with the people he cares about most, especially his goal-oriented swimmer ex-girlfriend, Tilda, who dumped him shortly after the news broke. Since Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer she’s, retreated into herself preparing for the inevitable. Suddenly facing down a death that makes her the same as everyone else, she longs to connect again but doesn’t quite know where to start. Reaching out to her former best friend Tilda seems like a good first step. Then Tilda is found dead and accusations start circling that Simon is the killer. As the days tick down, Simon and Lucinda only want to know the truth, but the more they uncover the final days of the girl they both cared for deeply, the clearer the things that really matter become. Probing the question How would you spend your last days if you knew exactly when they’d run out? The End is a taut and riveting pre-apocalyptic thriller underpinned with sharp social commentary, that blends the urgency of Neal and Jarrod Shusterman’s Dry with the dark tension of Courtney Summer’s Sadie. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/End-Mats-Strandberg/dp/1646900065/

Bis ich ihn finde: Die Geschichte einer Vatersuche

Bis ich ihn finde: Die Geschichte einer Vatersuche 
by Christine Fehér 
Language: German 
Originalausgabe, 2020. 
320 p. 
ISBN: 357031300X ; 9783570313008 
Summary: Für andere bedeutet der 16. Geburtstag den Mofa-Führerschein oder endlich legal Bier trinken zu dürfen ― für Elena bedeutet er die langersehnte Möglichkeit, ihren Vater, den anonymen Samenspender, kennenzulernen. Dass diese Entscheidung nicht nur ihre Mütter in Unruhe versetzt, sondern auch Elenas Leben gehörig durcheinanderwirbelt, war ihr klar ― und doch kommt alles anders als gedacht ... In Deutschland gibt ca. 100.000 durch Samenspende gezeugte Kinder, aber die meisten von ihnen wissen nichts davon. Ähnlich wie adoptierte Kinder haben über 80% der aufgeklärten Spenderkinder ein Bedürfnis, ihren biologischen Vater kennenzulernen. Erst 2017 wurde im Bundestag ein eigenes Gesetz zur Regelung des Rechts auf Kenntnis der Abstammung verabschiedet, das Betroffenen jedoch nicht weit genug geht. 
Available: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/357031300X/

The only black girls in town

The only black girls in town 
by Brandy Colbert 
Language: English 
New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. 
368 p. 
ISBN: 9780316456388 ; 0316456381 
Summary: Beach-loving surfer Alberta has been the only black girl in town for years. Alberta's best friend, Laramie, is the closest thing she has to a sister, but there are some things even Laramie can't understand. When the bed and breakfast across the street finds new owners, Alberta is ecstatic to learn the family is black-and they have a 12-year-old daughter just like her. 
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Only-Black-Girls-Town/dp/0316456381/