Becoming Nicole : the transformation of an American family / Amy Ellis Nutt (2015 non-fiction, 306.768 Nutt)
Presents the story of a politically conservative New England family whose son identified as a girl, Nicole, and how they overcame their confusion and fear to champion transgender rights and allow Nicole to be herself.
Category: What To Read
Circulation Manager Patricia’s Pick
Nevertheless : a memoir / Alec Baldwin (2017 memoir, 92 Baldwin)
The actor highlights parts of his life that he’s long kept private, from his troubled childhood and efforts to make it as young actor to his struggles with addiction and his failings as a husband and parent.
Sunday Reference Librarian Sara’s Pick
A death-struck year / Makiia Lucier (2017 teen book, HS Nutmeg 2017 Lucier)
Determined to ride out the deadly Spanish influenza epic of 1918 in her home rather than in the quarantined boarding-school dorms of the Pacific Northwest, headstrong 17-year-old Cleo volunteers with the Red Cross and witnesses harrowing realities while falling in love with a handsome medical student.
Library Director Glenn’s Pick
Disgrace / J.M. Coetzee (1999 fiction, F Coetzee)
In a novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, a fifty-two-year-old college professor who has lost his job for sleeping with a student tries to relate to his daughter, Lucy, who works with an ambitious African farmer.
Circulation Assistant Holly’s Pick
The winter sea / Susanna Kearsley (2010 fiction, F Kearsley)
Carrie settles into the shadow of Slains Castle in Scotland, creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors, and starts to write about the Jacobite invasion of 1708. When she can no longer tell the difference between today and centuries ago, is she dealing with an ancestral memory– a memory that might destroy her?
Circulation Manager Patricia’s Pick
She sheds : a room of your own / Erika Kotite (2017 non-fiction, 690.89 Kotite)
She Sheds shows you how to create cozy getaways with inspiration from across the country. Start by defining the goal and purpose of your space. Will you use it for entertaining, crafting, or alone time? Then, use the gallery of over 100 photos as inspiration for your decor, paint colors, and landscaping. You’ll even find fun upcycling ideas to personalize your space. Get inspired, and get started on your very own tricked-out retreat!
Reference Librarian Barbara’s Pick
Still mine / Samuel Goldwyn Films and Mongrel Media (2014 DVD, DVD Still Mine)
An exquisitely mounted and deeply affecting story about one man’s determination to create a home for his ailing wife as they enter their twilight years. Based on actual events, that proves love is the ultimate triumph.
Reference Librarian Cyndi’s Pick
Prep : a novel / Curtis Sittenfeld (2005 fiction, F Sittenfeld)
During the late 1980s, fourteen-year-old Lee Fiora leaves behind her close-knit, middle-class Indiana family to enroll in an elite co-ed boarding school in Massachusetts, becoming a shrewd observer of, and eventually a participant in, their rituals and customs.
Teen Librarian Marisa’s Pick
Wolf Hollow : a novel / Lauren Wolk (2016 children’s book, MDL Wolk)
Growing up in a rural Pennsylvania town in the aftermath of two world wars, Annabelle confronts a violent new bully and must defend a traumatized World War I veteran who is wrongly implicated in the bully’s disappearance.
Circulation Manager Patricia’s Pick
The French chef in America : Julia Child’s second act / Alex Prud’homme (2016 biography, 92 Child)
Traces the story of the chef’s years as a beloved television personality and cookbook author, revealing the pressures she faced as an influential celebrity in the aftermath of publishing “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”