Tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan. 29, at noon in the Cumberland Room, there will be a screening and discussion presented by WCTE, your local PBS station, of “Free For All: The Public Library.”
Come and join us. Your comments will be welcomed.
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, at noon in the Cumberland Room, join us as the Upper Cumberland Diversity Advocates in celebration of Black History Month will present a musical and dramatic concert featuring renowned vocalist Eldaa Royer.
Art Circle Public Library is at 3 East St., Crossville. We’re open from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; and from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.
Call 931-484-6790 or visit artcirclelibrary.info for more information.
Great New Books
Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right by Walter Moseley
Ten years ago, as related in Down the River Unto the Sea, Joe King Oliver, a Black private eye, was framed for assault and sent to Riker’s. The three months he spent inside changed how he saw the world: he’s not so quick to play by the rules anymore.
Now he’s juggling two explosive assignments. A billionaire hires him to find the wife who ran out on him, taking their 7-year-old daughter. He wants his daughter back, but Joe soon realizes he also wants revenge. If Joe turns him down, though, he’s signed his own death warrant.
Then Joe’s 93-year-old grandmother asks him to find his father, Odin, who was imprisoned for homicide when Joe was young. Joe wants nothing to do with Odin, whom he blames for his family’s disintegration, but he can’t say no to his grandmother, who wants to see her son before she dies.
So, Joe ends up looking for a father he hates while saving a mother and child from a violent, sociopathic man.
The Crash by Freida McFadden
Tegan is eight months pregnant, and her world is crashing down around her. The father of her baby wants nothing to do with her and has promised to make her life hell. She’s lost her job at the convenience store. And she has no idea what she’s going to do to take care of a little one.
In a last-ditch effort to find help and get away from the threats of her ex, Tegan heads out in a storm to drive to her brother’s.
But she never arrives. Tegan wakes in a ditch, having skidded off the road. Stranded and terrified, she’s taken in by a couple living in a remote farmhouse.
But they may have ulterior motives and Tegan soon realizes she’s stuck in the middle of nowhere at the mercy of strangers. The nightmare she’s running from is nothing compared to where she’s headed.
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Ebony Freeman was 10 when her brother was killed in their home. Ebby saw the masked intruders before they shot 15-year-old Baz, simultaneously causing the destruction of a family heirloom stoneware jar.
The 19th-century jar had been passed down through six generations, from the enslaved maker in South Carolina through the ancestor who found freedom escaping to Massachusetts as a ship’s stowaway.
Now the well-heeled Freemans are a prominent Black New England family, but their wealth and status couldn’t save them from tragedy in this heartbreakingly magnificent second novel from the author.
Nearly two decades after her brother’s murder, Ebby once again becomes the target of unwelcome notoriety after being abandoned by her fiancé on their wedding day. She escapes to a cottage in a French town only to unexpectedly meet the last person she wants to see.
In this sweeping generational story of trauma and resilience, Ebby and her family confront the truth of the past and must decide how to shape their future, guided by the jar, its history, and the secret inscription it carries.
Library Laugh INever play games in the jungle. There are too many cheetahs.
Stingy Schobel SaysIf you shop online, opt for ground shipping instead of overnight. Yes, it’s cheaper, but it’s also better for the environment because it minimizes air shipping, which uses more fuel and has a higher carbon footprint than ground transport.
Even better, if you work in an office, have your items shipped there. There’s a very high likelihood that a delivery truck already makes regular stops at your office or to businesses nearby, which means you won’t be creating an extra trip.
Library Laugh II
How do you catch a unique bird? Unique up on it.
Libraries=Information
While most public tap water is safe to drink, it’s always a good idea to be aware of certain red flags before you take a sip.
One of the easiest ways to assess your water’s safety is to use your sense of smell. If water smells musty, metallic, fishy or like rotten eggs, that could indicate the presence of bacteria, organic matter or high levels of metals, including lead.
Even a faint chlorine smell can mean excessive levels are present and should be filtered out before consuming.
Snowflake BonusA man was admitted into the hospital because he swallowed eight horses. His condition is now stable.