Forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: […]
Knit & Lit Book Club
Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.
Main Library Auditorium
Come share your passion for great literature and show off your knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery and quilting works-in-progress.
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Ella finds herself acting to save her town from the encroaching totalitarianism of the Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from […]
Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
The Devil in the White City draws the reader into the enchantment of the Guilded Age, with a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. […]
Cold Sassy Tree: A Novel
In a small Georgia town in 1906, 14-year-old Will Tweedy narrates the scandalous story of his grandfather Rucker Blakeslee, who remarries just three weeks after his wife’s death to a […]
The Berry Pickers: A Novel
A Mi’kmaq family’s summer picking blueberries in Maine takes a devastating turn when 4-year-old Ruthie goes missing. Decades later, her brother Joe and a woman named Norma become entangled in […]
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
In 15th-century China, Tan Yunxian, a female physician, defies societal constraints to practice medicine alongside her female physician grandmother. Despite restrictions on women’s education and mobility, she forms deep bonds […]
Kindred
Dana, a modern Black woman, is mysteriously transported through time to a pre-Civil War plantation, where she repeatedly saves her white ancestor Rufus from fatal situations. Each time she travels […]
The Murmur of Bees
In rural Mexico, a mysterious abandoned baby found covered in bees becomes part of the Morales family. Simonopio, born with a cleft lip, possesses supernatural abilities and an extraordinary connection […]
Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel
After losing her son, Tova Sullivan takes a night cleaning job at an aquarium. There, she forms an unlikely friendship with Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus who becomes her confidant. […]
The Girl With the Louding Voice
The Girl with the Louding Voice is a 2020 coming of age novel and the debut of Nigerian writer Abi Daré. It tells the story of a teenage Nigerian girl called Adunni who becomes a maid and struggles with many things growing up, including her limited education, poverty and the inability to speak up for herself.
Now is Not the Time to Panic
Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge—aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner—is determined to make it through yet another sad summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke. Zeke is a talented artist who has just moved into his grandmother’s unhappy house and is as lonely and awkward as Frankie is.
The Fifth Season
A captivating fantasy novel set in a world constantly threatened by catastrophic geological events. It follows the story of three women with extraordinary powers, exploring themes of oppression, prejudice, and the resilience of the human spirit.