Again a huge thank you to our volunteer who is able to continue to commit his time to the library and give back to his community by passing his enthusiasm for such topics on to the next generation of Makers. We couldn’t do it without him and surely we’d be one step behind for active members like him. Let’s come out and support his programs no matter the age! See you all on Friday Oct 28th!
LIBRARY PROGRAM: “Are You Up To The Challenge?”
If you have any other questions regarding this once a year opportunity don’t hesitate to ask our staff. Come by the desk and sign up starting Monday, Oct 24th! Looking forward to seeing how you do.
BOOK REVIEWS: “Flight Patterns by Karen White”
Flight Patterns
by Karen White
This novel was the September read for the Salmon Third Wednesday of the Month Book Club Meeting. Our discussion was deep and reflected on the characters and story within this book while connecting it personally to our own lives.
At first this may seem like another good summer read, but stepping back from the layers and metaphors of this novel leaves one faced with the complexities of relationships, the price of pain and loss repressed, and the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation. The reader may be encouraged to look at layers of past that have shaped his or her own life while entering into the lives of the characters Karen creates in Flight Patterns or simply come along for the interesting ride and history lessons within.
The story is set in Apalachicola Florida, an idyllic coastal town, that beckons to oystering days of the past. This is a perfect setting for the protagonist, Georgia Chambers, to uncover and face secrets of a past that have kept her and an entire family bound. Georgia left home 10 years ago after a horrific tragedy that shattered her relationship with her sister, Maisy. She has spent her life sifting through the pasts of others as a china expert and fleeing her own, gripped in pain that has fractured her and her family for generations. When research on the Limoges china pattern that belongs to the family of James Graf forces her to return home to Apalachicola she is fearful and totally unprepared to face herself and her family’s history that spans World War II and the present, France and the United States.
The author binds the story together with bee keepers’ journal entries at the beginning of each chapter and utilizes bee metaphors to emphasize human flight patterns and connection of apiaries that hold memories that will help uncover the past. Georgia, thrown back into this setting, will need to embrace her own life – mistakes and all – and find the courage to face a past and secrets that have held her captive far too long. How interesting that bees and china can be a catalyst for such a journey.
Reviewed by Cheryl Mogensen
LIBRARY UPDATE: “All Makers Welcome”
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LIBRARY UPDATE: “Little Libraries Have Arrived”
Quick thinking Stephanie jumped at the opportunity and secured us and Lemhi County two weather proof beautiful vending machines that we can now turn into Free Little Libraries of Lemhi! All they need is a little TLC and before you know it, other parts of hard to reach Lemhi county will be blessed with book selections regularly filled for your reading pleasure. We’re so excited to bring this opportunity to our district we can’t hardly wait. Stay tuned as we get these beauties refurbished and polished for their county debut. Thanks again to Greg at the Statesman for providing an opportunity and not letting something that might ordinarily be thrown out into another’s treasure.
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