Set Sail to Dream Big: READ!

That is this year's Summer Reading Program theme. We will cast off on Tuesday, May, 15th 7PM at the Village Hall. Come prepared to enjoy a really fun evening as several of the older youth will be presenting a skit that they have written and produced. There will also be a Treasure Hunt for all and a special surprise unveiling! For smooth sailing this summer we need all hands on deck. We especially need some handy people who can help the kids refurbish our sail boat. We also need donations of empty thread spools, Styrofoam meat trays, artificial palm trees, coconuts and pineapples. We will also need the loan of a Black Light. All may be left at the library.

Adult Book Discussion:

No meeting in May due to the Memorial Day Holiday. Our next meeting date will be June 25th at 2 PM at the Library. At that time, we will be discussing Jodi Picoult's book Mercy. If you would like to get reminders about this group, leave your name and contact information at the Library.

Mercy by Jodi Picoult

Book Description:

What would you do for someone you love? Would you lie? Would you leave? Would you kill? These are just some of the questions confronting the characters in Mercy, which follows the path of two cousins driven to extremes by the power of love.

Cameron MacDonald has spent his life guided by duty. As the police chief of a small Massachusetts town that has been home to generations of his Scottish clan, he is bound to the town's residents by blood and honor. Yet when his cousin Jamie arrives at the police station with the body of his wife and the bald confession that he's killed her, Cam immediately places him under arrest.

The situation isn't as clear to Cam's wife, Allie. While she is devoted to her husband, she finds herself siding against Cam, seduced by the picture James paints of a man so in love with a woman that he'd grant all her wishes . . . even the one that meant taking her life.

Into this charged atmosphere drifts Mia, a new assistant at Allie's floral shop, for whom Cam feels an instant and inexplicable attraction. While he aids the prosecution in preparing the case against Jamie, who killed his terminally ill wife out of mercy, Cam finds himself betraying his own wife.

Woven tight with passion and a fast-paced plot, Mercy explores some of today's most highly charged emotional and ethical issues as it draws toward its stunning conclusion. When you love someone, where do you cross the line of moral obligation? And how can you commonly define love and devotion to begin with? Long after you have turned the last page, you'll still be thinking about this rich novel, as well as questioning your own beliefs about love and loyalty.

-from Jodi Picoult's website

Holiday Closing:

The Library will be closed on Friday, May 25th, Saturday, May 26th and Monday, May 28th for the Memorial Day Holiday. We wish you all a fun and meaningful weekend as we remember those who have bravely served our country.

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