Book marks and posters are available at our library to honour Remembrance Day. They are provided by Veteran’s Affairs.
The Share Our Stories (SOS) book written by seniors in the Foothills about times in their lives that have been very difficult. They are in the libraries of Okotoks, High River, the Sheep River Library and Longview. They tell of how they coped and of how others might benefit from their experience.
Both iPads and Hubs are ready for check out. The good news is that they are available to our rural patrons, too.
New to the library are: Architectural Digest, a magazine of interior design, The Jail House Layer by James Patterson and The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny. It is a mystery novel that takes place after the imagined end of the COVID pandemic. It takes place in the Eastern Townships in Quebec. A moral dilemma, posed by a government appointed statistian, gives the reader a chance to ponder the difficult medical issues of to-day. All this is entwined in a murder at a college nearby. Louis Penny has co-authored a murder mystery with Hillory Clinton called The State of Terror a political thriller that is to come out this month. Penny is the recipient of many awards, including the Order of Canada for her contribution to Canadian Culture and mystery fiction
Another good read is The Great Alone (1986) by Kristen Hannah author of The Nightingale. It is a family drama that takes place in Alaska. An emotionally unstable victim of the Vietnam War moves his family from Seattle to Alaska, hoping to create a simple and peaceful lifestyle there. It turns out to be anything but. The description of the breathtakingly beautiful landscape of Alaska is spellbinding.
Another book in your library, by Sharon Butala, also a member of the Order of Canada, is the story of her journey through love, loss and healing after her husband’s death. After much soul searching, she decides to re-locate to Calgary after having spent her married life on a huge sprawling ranch in Saskatchewan.
Happy Reading!
Sylvia Binkley,
sliv@telus.net (403) 395-2418
