Dear Ann, Dear Mary Grief is a unique and lonely journey with no roadmap or timeframe. Dear Ann, Dear Mary is a story of two women who reach out to each other in a series of e-mails. The immediacy of electronic mail elicits unusual candor between Mary, a widow of five years who has found solace in work and meditation, and Ann, who struggles with the recent death of her husband through raw emotion and unrelenting frankness. Through the passing seasons the women share poetry, prayers, music, creative rituals, and dreams as unexpected memories drift into stream-of-consciousness exchanges. The letters also portray the nature of loving relationships and show surprising similarities as well as differences in their long marriages. Beyond the experience of loss, their correspondence chronicles the survival of the human spirit through nature and art, friendship and humor, creativity, and spirituality.

Dear Ann, Dear Mary: A Correspondence of Grief and Friendship

Biographies & Memoirs

Scherr, Mary Woods

Carli, Ann

Memoirs

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Hershey: A Second Chance, is about Dylan, a young boy struggling to learn to read and his huge Doberman who is more playful than obedient. When his teacher suggests Dylan practice reading aloud to his dog he is skeptical, but Hershey listens patiently and adoringly and Dylan’s reading improves. Dylan knows Hershey is the perfect candidate for the local library reading dog program. Unfortunately, Dobermans and other “vicious breeds” are banned. Thus, the conflict. Dylan agrees to present his research on the breed at a library board meeting with Hershey sitting at his side; however, Dylan is terrified of reading aloud to adults and the exuberant Hershey cannot sit still. Hershey: A Second Chance is a fun chapter book for struggling readers. Ages: 7 and up. Grades: 3 and up.

Hershey: A Second Chance

Children's Books

Scott, L. C.

Animals

This delightful retelling of the classic poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas gives Mrs. Saint Nick a starring role and the recognition she deserves. 'Twas the Late Night of Christmas and all through the house Everyone was exhausted, even the mouse. The children were whining. The house was a mess. Mom slumped in despair from all of the stress. The perfect gift for families overwhelmed by the crazy-making business of Christmas!

'Twas the Late Night of Christmas

Humor & Entertainment

Paul, Ann Whitford

Hayashi, Nancy

Humor

As a young Connecticut minister raised in the South, Benjamin LaBarre is upright in bearing and driven by purpose but burdened by circumstances of his mixed race. In New York City, his crusading magazines bring readers of this historical novel face to face with the most important contemporary figures defining American values, opposing sectionalists like Rufus Cameron, and turning ruthless industrialists to philanthropy. Yet despite his public achievements, Ben faces terrible personal loss and sacrifices that spill onto a new generation

United by Covenant: Ben's America (An American Saga)

Literature & Fiction

Fitchen, Richard

Genre Fiction

Richard Fitchen’s “An American Saga,” is a five-part series planned to travel through American history across several generations of two families: the progressive, mixed-race LaBarres and the Camerons, a ruthless clan sworn to oppose and thwart the LaBarres at every turn—including murder. In Republic in Triumph, indomitable and courageous attorney Jessie LaBarre guides American business and government to cooperative greatness as an advisor to presidents. She spurs the growth of civil liberties, labor relations, women’s rights, and collective security; and she paves the way for a revolutionary culture of automobiles and airplanes. Readers of this historical novel meet leading men and women of the tumultuous decades from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyndon Johnson. Subversive and racist Cameron men plot to destroy Jessie and her family. She wins convictions against some, but a ruthless new generation of enemies extract a terrible price.

Republic in Triumph: Jessie's America (An American Saga)

Mean-Witch-Me finds a hiding place where she will cook her ghoulish Halloween Stew and eat every morsel by herself. But hungry creatures spot her giant bright bubbles lighting the night sky. Determined to eat all of her once-a-year treat, she slurps it up fast only to hear the hungry ghosts with flying cats, ravens, and bats heading her way. Shrieking at them and waving her wooden spoon doesn’t work so she zooms off with her stew and everything goes wrong! Mean-Witch-Me finds herself stuck with a broken broom, no stew, and a whole bunch of creatures. With action-filled illustrations this read-aloud story delights the whole family and ends with a treat after all.

Halloween Stew

Meyers, Jane

Holidays & Celebrations

Sam West thought he knew what it was like to feel alone in the world, until he became the sole survivor of a plane crash in the wilderness of Northern Ontario, Canada. Abandoned by his mother at a very young age and neglected by his alcoholic father, he was shuffled from foster home to foster home. At fifteen, Sam decides to search for his mother, but he finds something else entirely. After the plane crash, Sam finds strength, courage, and smarts to survive in an unforgiving wilderness with dangerous predators at every turn. He manages to outsmart them all, and with a miraculous chance encounter with another fellow survivor, begin a journey that will change and shape their lives forever.

The Way of the Wilderness

Walker, Jess

Action & Adventure

Britain still rules America when Joseph LaBarre’s parents and siblings are brutally massacred in Acadian Maine and Joseph is abducted into the Royal Navy. Starting anew in Philadelphia, he takes back a large schooner stolen from his family by the murderous Angus Cameron. Joseph arms the schooner with cannons and French admirals teach him how to attack Britain’s powerful warships. When Joseph’s trading business is threatened by London, he convinces patriot leaders including George Washington that unfettered trade is necessary to achieve liberty. Meanwhile, Cameron plots to destroy Joseph and strives to cripple the fledgling United States.

Staircase to Liberty: Joseph's America (An American Saga)

While history books consider George Eastman to be the father of photography, most people are unaware that his contributions to the world extended far beyond his multimillion-dollar company, Eastman Kodak. A banker by trade, his determination to improve and simplify his weekend hobby led to discovering cutting-edge photographic technology and the birth of his own business. A shrewd and principled businessman, he was a pioneer in customer service, employee relations, and worldwide product distribution. A generous philanthropist, his donations helped build universities, improve healthcare, and advance scientific research. His fascinating journey is deftly chronicled in George Eastman: Bringing Photography to the People, where readers will be inspired by a man whose invention and passion improved the lives of millions of people and the pictures they took.

George Eastman: Bringing Photography to the People (A Spotlight Biography)

Pflueger, Lynda

Geography & Cultures

Boston seems like the perfect place for Drusilla Fortesque to find refuge after the man she is secretly in love with—Captain Jack Hatton—proposes a quickie marriage in a most offhanded, insulting fashion. She refuses him, and they part in bitterness, Jack to Russia and Drusilla back to the doldrums of Bath. So is it any wonder that she accepts an invitation to a new world. Drusilla finds her new friends and acquaintances in Boston society as fascinating—and eccentric—as those she left behind in England. There is her Aunt Camellia, a Baltimore Belle, who threw fortune and security away to marry Drusilla’s black sheep Uncle Derrick. Aunt Camellia is clear about what matters in life: fashion, jewelry, and marriage to a gentleman of wealth. Uncle Derrick understands this and has built a shipping fleet to keep his beautiful wife in the luxuries to which she is accustomed. But how on earth did this worldly wise couple produce naïve, idealistic Ivy? Ivy is a rare beauty, but she seems determined to attach herself to Ellsworth Corring, a head-in-the-clouds philosopher. Aunt Camellia is determined that Ivy will not waste herself on such an unworthy specimen. On a chilly spring morning, Drusilla encounters Sir Clive Brampton, a rich, enigmatic fellow Englishman. When he strikes up an acquaintance with Drusilla, Aunt Camellia is hopeful that her almost-on-the-shelf niece might be destined for an advantageous match. But Drusilla is doubtful. Meanwhile, the prospects of Boston’s wealthiest heiresses, Beryl Corring and Susan Jones, are the subject of speculation. What are Benjamin Thornton’s real intentions? Will the taciturn ship designer, Douglas Robertson, rid himself of the chip on his shoulder and pursue the lady he worships? Is Annette Ware really all that absorbed in higher thought, or has she set her cap for Ellsworth Corring? Drusilla believes her life to be on course, until Jack Hatton suddenly appears in Boston, making a charming impression on the ladies and complicating Drusilla’s thoughts. Did he really come to Boston to gain knowledge of shipping and commerce? Or is he out to seek the fortune of an American heiress? When he asks for Drusilla’s help in completing the real mission that brought him to Boston, things become a bit . . . tangled. Using her social connections, Drusilla makes discoveries that help Jack complete his assignment, and bring them closer to each other. But Drusilla has conflicted loyalties, and Jack appears to be ready to propose to the most sought after beauty in Boston. Will Drusilla spend her days as the wife of a man she does not love? Will she have to return to a stultifying life in Bath? Or dare she hope for a chance of happiness with Jack Hatton? Anything is possible in a new world!

Boston Tangle: Regency Comes to America

Lown, Judith

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