Library Lending: Poisonwood Bible and More

Here are some interesting and informative library events happening this week:

On Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. the Master Gardeners’ Association, Inc. will be at the County of Fairfax Library. They’ll be in the front entrance ready to answer any questions you might have and share gardening expertise with you.

Digital Bookmobile Comes to Fairfax!

You can experience Fairfax County Public Library’s eAudiobook and eBook download service at this free event. On Sept. 20, from 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University, the Fairfax County Public Library will host a digital bookmobile. Readers of all ages are invited to engage digital downloading through interactive demonstrations.  Library cardholders can also check out and download digital titles by visiting www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library. 

Barbara Kingsolver, who now lives in southwestern Virginia, is an author you might want put on your “to read” list this fall. She recently received the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. Says Kingsolver, “I love that the organization is honoring this sort of higher value of literature to create empathy. You can't bang anyone over the head with a stick and make peace; you only do so by convincing people that strangers' lives are valid and equal. Four recommended bestseller novels by Kingsolver:

The Bean Trees: A story about a young girl, Taylor Greer, who “grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity for putting down roots.” Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Pigs in Heaven: Taylor Greer struggles to officially adopt the little Cherokee Indian girl who was abandoned into her care two years previously.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: This is an electronic book. It’s an enthusiastic (though some might say a bit preachy, at times) account of a year in which [Kingsolver’s] family deliberately fed themselves on products grown close to home, and what we learned from the experience.

Poisonwood Bible: The story of a Baptist Missionary who heads to the Congo with his wife and four young daughters to bring the word of God to a remote village people.