FICTION
Dirty Money by Ashley & Jaquavis
Anari is the epitome of a good-girl-turned-bad after her world is brutally destroyed. Consumed with her desire for revenge, she and her best friend Monica enter a life of drugs, fast money and betrayal — adopting the lifestyle that pushed them into the game in the first place. Hiding their true identities, they quickly rise to the top of New Jersey’s dope game. Using everyone who crosses their paths, nothing — not betrayal or addiction — will stop them from dispensing their street justice.
If Only I had Told Her by Laura Nowlin
Finn has always loved Autumn. She’s not just the girl next door or his mother’s best friend’s daughter, she is his everything. But she’s not his girlfriend. That’s Sylvie, and Finn would never hurt her, so there’s no way Autumn could know how he truly feels. Jack, Finn’s best friend, isn’t so sure. He’s seen Finn and Autumn together. How could she not know? And how is he supposed to support and protect Finn when heartache seems inevitable? Autumn surrounds herself with books and wants to write her own destiny. Told through three different perspectives, If Only I Had Told Her is a love story brimming with truth, tragedy, and the unexpected bonds that heal us.
The Summer We Started Over by Nancy Thayer
Eddie Grant is happy with her life and her work as a personal assistant to Dinah Lavender. But being a spectator to notoriety and glamour isn’t as fulfilling as she once thought. Thankfully, Eddie has the perfect excuse for a vacation: Her hardworking younger sister, Barrett, is opening her gift shop on Memorial Day weekend, and could use all the help she can get. But going home to the beautiful island of Nantucket means facing the family’s difficult past. Now that she is back, Eddie must face all she left behind: her father’s increased eccentricities, which has led to a house bursting at the seams with books; her sister’s resentment over Eddie’s escape; and a past love connection, one that is still undeniable and complicated, all these years later.
The Tower by Flora Carr
Scotland, 1567. A pregnant Mary, Queen of Scots is dragged out of her palace by rebel lords and imprisoned in the isolated Lochleven Castle. Accompanying Mary are two inconspicuous serving women: observant, ambitious Jane and romantic, quick-tempered Cuckoo, who endeavor to keep their mercurial mistress company while sharing the space of a claustrophobic room over the course of their eleven-month forced stay. Their hosts want them dead. They’ll settle for Mary’s abdication. Flora Carr’s thrilling, feverish debut is a celebration of resilience, a meditation on the meaning of power, and a testament to the unshakeable strength of female friendship, starring one of history’s most charismatic leaders.
NONFICTION
We Loved it All: A Memory of Life by Lydia Millet
“We Loved it All” marries scenes from her life with moments of nearness to the animals and plants with whom we share the earth. Accounts of fears, failures, jobs, friendships, childhood and motherhood are interspersed with exquisite accounts of nonhumans and arresting meditations on the power of story to shape the future. Seeking to understand why we immerse ourselves in the domestic and immediate, turning away from more sweeping views, she examines how grand cultural myths can deny our longing for the company of nature and deprive us of its charisma and inspiration. In a thrilling distillation of experience and emotion, she evinces the familiar sense of feeling both well-meaning and powerless.
Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry by Kelly Richmond Pope
Have you ever wondered why Bernie Madoff thought he could brazenly steal his clients’ money? Or why investors were so easily duped by Elizabeth Holmes? Or how courageous people like Jeffrey Wigand are willing to become whistleblowers and put their careers on the line? Fraud is everywhere, from Nigerian “princes,” embezzlers, and Ponzi schemers to corporate giants like Enron and Volkswagen. In Fool Me Once, renowned forensic accounting expert Kelly Richmond Pope shows fraud in action, uncovering what makes perps tick, victims so gullible, and whistleblowers so morally righteous, while also encouraging us to look at our own behaviors and motivations in the hope of protecting ourselves and our companies.
I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays by Nell Irvin Painter
Nell Painter has published works on such luminaries as Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Malcolm X. Her vantage on American history pushes the boundaries of personal narrative. “I Just Keep Talking” assembles her writing for the first time into a single volume, displaying the breadth and depth of Painter’s decades-long historical inquiry and the evolution of Black political thought. From her mining of figures like Carrie Buck and Martin Delaney for their resonance today, to a deep dive into the history of exclusion through the work of Toni Morrison, to a discussion of the American political landscape after the 2016 election, Painter nimbly portrays the trials of a country frequently at war with itself.
Living in the Daze of Deception by Jack Hibbs and Mike Pompeo
We live in a time when falsehoods assault us from every direction. Packaged with just enough truth to make them appear trustworthy, these counterfeits have grown more and more difficult to detect and avoid. Living in the Daze of Deception explores the many ways error is masquerading as truth — and how you can discern the difference. From pastor Jack Hibbs, you’ll learn: the characteristics of deceivers and how they have brought harm to both secular culture and the church; the many deceptions that are altering and replacing the truth and how to recognize them; the keys to standing strong as the spiritual battles surrounding us intensify. The greatest antidote to deception is truth.
CHILDREN’S
A Human for Kingsley by Gabriel Evans
Here’s a charming story of pet ownership with a twist! Kingsley is a thoughtful and enterprising hound who has decided that he wants his own human. Owning a human is not a decision to be taken lightly, because it’s a BIG responsibility. The problem is, with so many humans of all shapes and sizes and personalities and jobs and hobbies from which to choose, how will Kingsley find the right one? He auditions several for the role of his human, but none of them are a good fit. Then he spots a little curly-haired girl in a red beret on the street and decides to give this one a chance. She is quite bossy and loud, with weird habits like taking baths on purpose, but Kingsley likes this human very much. Read on to find out if Kingsley finds his forever human.
Ages: 4-8
LIBRARY OPEN
Lima Public Library is open to the public six days a week. Hours for the Main Library in Lima are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Our Cairo, Elida and Spencerville branch libraries are open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Our Lafayette branch is open from 12 noon to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday.
