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Book of the Week
The Hour I First Believedby Wally Lamb
The school shootings at Columbine High School were much-publicized in the US and Canada. Wally Lamb uses the actual events of the April 1999 tragedy to shape this story of love and reconciliation. As Maureen, a fictitious survivor of the Columbine shootings, struggles to recover from the trauma, she and her husband, Caelum, move from Colorado to Caelum’s childhood home in Connecticut. The neighbouring women’s prison, founded by his great-grandmother, grows increasingly important to Caelum as his past intersects his present and informs his future. Wally Lamb weaves pain, fear, and doubt into a story of one man’s struggle to heal from his family’s tragedies.Click here to place your reservation
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Final Day of Summer Reading
August 31 is the final day of KFPL's Summer Reading Clubs for kids, teens, and adults! Log your books today to qualify for prize drawings. Winners will be announced later in the week. Thanks to all the participants!
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The Kingston Reads/Evergreen Book of the Week
Kingston Reads is a campaign to promote reading, especially of Canadian books. We approached 10 local luminaries to champion the books that have been nominated for the Ontario Library Association’s prestigious Evergreen Award. Now is your chance to read all 10 nominated books before this fall’s “Battle of the Books”. Click here for the complete list:Voting will begin on September 23 and runs till October 24.
Burmese Lessons
By Karen Connelly
The book’s champion is Shauna Cunningham, news director and co-host of the morning show on FLY-FM radio and a three-time-winning champion of Kingston Reads.Shauna Cunningham’s pitch:
The book is about the author’s visits to Burma in the 90s and the experiences that inspired two already released books, Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal and The Lizard Cage. In the book we learn about the struggle of the Burmese people and we also are given insight into a love affair the author has with a Burmese dissident. I learned a great deal from this book about a situation that I wasn’t really aware of, but most importantly I truly feel this book gave me a sense of being a completely different person from myself. I think it’s safe to say I will never have an experience like the one Karen Connelly has in the pages of this book (a little out of my comfort zone!), but I’m glad I was able to live it as a reader.
Shauna Cunningham will be pitching her book at The Battle of the Books on September 23 at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn as one of the many events that are part of the Kingston WritersFest (September 22 - September 26). Karen Connelly is one of the featured authors appearing at this year’s festival.
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