It’s At Your Library

Children, there are only a few days left to return your coloring contest with a twist entry.  Come to the Library for your color sheet or download it from our website (www.greenvillepubliclibrary.org).  You will need to color it, and also decorate the book spines in the picture by adding the titles of four of your favorite books.  There are two age groups (6-8 and 9-11), each with the same design.  The entry in each age group with the most votes will win a back to school supply pack.  Entries must be returned no later than Friday, August 16th.

Saturday, August 17, is National Thriftshop Day.  Check out library material that day to enter the drawing for a $10 gift certificate to our local thrift store.

Mysterious forces – a curse? or just pagan folklore? – conspire to create novels that will keep you on the edge of your seat, turning pages until late at night, until you finish them.  The two novels highlighted in this article will do just that.

“In 1951, in the sleepy border town of La Cienega, Texas, a mysterious old woman confronts Pilar Aguirre.  The woman is sure Pilar stole her husband and, in a heated outburst, lays a curse on Pilar and her family.

“More than forty years later, Lulu Muñoz is dodging chaos at every turn: her troubled father’s moods, his rules, her secret life as a singer in a punk band, but most of all her upcoming quinceañera.  When her beloved grandmother passes away, Lulu finds herself drawn to the glamorous stranger who crashes the funeral and who lives alone on the edge of town.

“Their unexpected kinship picks at the secrets of Lulu’s family’s past.  As the quinceañera looms – and we move between these two strong, irascible female voices – one woman must make peace with the past, and one girl pushes to embrace her future.

Fore More Information see the August 14, 2024 edition of The Greenville Advocate.