There have been a few new faces at the library recently. One day this week seven newcomers came in for the first time and got their library cards. More than one seemed surprised that a community as small as ours has such a nice library. I would like to wish a warm welcome to them and to all of the newcomers to the area. If you haven’t been to the library yet, please stop by and let us show you around.
Our story time with Joanna is going strong. This past week Joanna read the book “The Easter Egg Farm” by Mary Jane Auch. Afterwards the children made sun catchers. They had a choice to make a bunny, an egg, or a cross. The end results were beautiful. Our plant they made for the library last week has sprouted and is growing fast! Watch for pictures on our Facebook page.
We have a few new books for the little ones to check out. Thanks to a donation from Brynlee and Leighton we have “Biscuit’s Pet and Play Easter” by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, “Easter Fun” by Jo Ryan, and “The Night Before Easter” by Natasha Wing.
Thanks to the funding from the Tocker Foundation we have a few books for the grownups. From Rachel Hawkins we have the national bestseller “The Heiress.” When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family’s estate high in the Blue Ridge Mountains. But in the aftermath of her death, her adopted son, Camden, wants little to do with the house or the money and even less to do with the surviving McTavishes. Instead, he rejects his inheritance, settling into a normal life as an English teacher in Colorado and marrying Jules, a woman just as eager to escape her own messy past. Ten years later, his uncle’s death pulls Cam and Jules back into the family fold at Ashby House. Its views are just as stunning as ever, its rooms just as elegant, but the legacy of Ruby is inescapable. And as Ashby House tightens its grip on Jules and Camden, questions about the infamous heiress come to light. Was there any truth to the persistent rumors following her disappearance as a girl? What really happened to those four husbands, who all died under mysterious circumstances? And why did she adopt Cam in the first place? Soon, Jules and Cam realize that an inheritance can entail far more than what’s written in a will––and that the bonds of family stretch far beyond the grave.
From New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux, we have the time travel romantic novel “My Heart Will Find You.” When the world is brought to a standstill in the early days of a global pandemic, Etta Wilmont finds herself suddenly stranded in Kansas City. Desperate to secure a roof over her head, Etta crosses paths with Henry Logan, a lonely older man in need of a caretaker. His invitation for Etta to stay with him seems to be the solution to both their problems—and maybe the spontaneous adventure Etta’s life has been missing. As Etta and Henry settle into a companionable living arrangement, Etta indulges in Henry’s library. The compelling historical accounts of life in the Midwest soon inspire vivid dreams of Kansas City in the 1870s, dreams in which she’s a mail-order bride, married to a handsome but guarded rancher named Maxwell Lawton. Haunted by the story unfolding in her mind, Etta realizes her dreams of the past and the familiar faces featured within are starting to have an impact on the present, altering her current reality. Perhaps these dreams are Etta’s chance to finally claim something for herself after so much time spent caring for others. More than anything, Etta wonders if the captivating man she’s falling for while she sleeps might be real, might be out there—true love waiting to be found and which would change both their lives forever.
Check it all out at the library.
Donnice Carruth is director of the Dickens County-Spur Library, in Spur.
