The library will be closed this Saturday, January 14 and Monday, January 16, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 17, at 9:30 a.m.
Mark your calendar for the new story-time with Jill and her helper Ginger, it will be starting in January and go through April at 10:00 a.m., on the second and third Tuesday. Come enjoy a book, song and craft.
It is a great way to build early literacy, creativity and social skills. This program is open to all ages, however, it is geared towards early literacy (newborns to five year olds). It is sponsored by the Madill City County Library and the Juvenile Diversion. Hope to see you.
Tova Friedman was one of the youngest people to emerge from Auschwitz. After surviving the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Central Polandwhereshelivedas atoddler,Tovawasfourwhen she and her parents were sent to a Nazi labor camp, and almost six when she and her mother were forced into a packed cattle truck and sent to Auschwitz II, also known as the Birkenau extermination camp, while her father was transported to Dachau.
During six months of incarceration in Birkenau, Tova witnessed violence that she could never forget, and experienced numerous escapes from death. She is one of a handful of Jews to have entered a gas chamber and lived to tell the tale.
As Nazi killing squads roamed Birkenau before abandoning the camp in January 1945, Tova and her mother hid among corpses. After being liberated by the Russians, they made their way back to their hometown in Poland.
Eventually Tova's father tracked them down and the family was reunited. In The Daughter of Auschwitz , Tova immortalizes what she saw, to keep the story of the Holocaust alive, at a time when it's in danger of fading from memory. She has used those memories that have shaped her life to honor the victims.
TheDaughterofAuschwitz is a powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, written with award-winning former war reporter Malcolm Brabant.
For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side.
It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia.
Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends, as well as Little League all-stars. But as teenagers, their lives took them in different directions.
Keith's father became a legendary prosecutor, determined to'cleanuptheCoast.' Hugh's father became the 'Boss' of Biloxi's criminal underground. Keith went to law school and followed in his father's footsteps.
Hugh preferred the nightlife and worked in his father's clubs. The two families were headed for a showdown, one that would happen in a courtroom.
Life itself hangs in the balance in The Boys from Biloxi , by John Grisham, where he returns to Mississippi with the riveting story of two sons of immigrant families who grow up as friends, but ultimately find themselves on opposite sides of the law.
Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St. Pete's Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home.
But when he meets Morgan Lee, his world is turned upside-down, making him wonder if the responsibilities he has shouldered need dictate his life forever. The daughter of affluent Chicago doctors, Morgan has graduated from a prestigious college music program with the ambitiontomovetoNashville and become a star.
Romantically and musically, she and Colby complete each other in a way that neither has ever known. While they are falling headlong in love, Beverly is on a heartpounding journey of another kind.
Fleeing an abusive husband with her six-year-old son, she is trying to piece together a life for them in a small town far off the beaten track. With money running out and danger seemingly around every corner, she makes a desperate decision that will rewrite everything she knows to be true.
In the course of a single unforgettable week, two young people will navigate the exhilarating heights and heartbreak of first love. Hundreds of miles away, Beverly will put her love for her young son to the test.
And fate will draw all three people together in a web of life-altering connections forcing each to wonder whether the dream of a better life can ever survive the weight of the past.
Dreamland , by Nicholas Sparks is a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream-and whether it's possible to leave the past behind.