Nancy Pearl Recommends...Susanna Clarke!

"Fans (I am one) of all 780-plus pages of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell, Susanna Clarke’s story of two warring English magicians during the early 19th century, will definitely want to pick up The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories and spend a diverting several hours revisiting the same world (including many of the same characters) of her best-selling novel. For those for whom Clarke’s writing is a new discovery, it’s important to know, going in, that in Clarke’s world magic and what is conventionally called reality are only thinly separated. The world of Faerie can be perceived out of the corner of one’s eye, as it were – it’s that close. Here, in her first collection of short stories, are tales of cunning (and beautiful) witches, merciless owls, the power of embroidery to change the course of history (as Lord Horatio Nelson discovers), and a little known event in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. The writing is captivating, the characters charming (if sometimes dangerous), and the notion that perhaps there’s more to the world than what our five senses tell us, is, as Clarke might say (with a smile), simply enchanting." --Nancy Pearl
(from http://www.holtzbrincklibrary.com)

In The News...Library book returned 47 years overdue

Library book returned _ 47 years overdue

Robert Nuranen handed the local librarian a book he'd checked out for a ninth-grade assignment — along with a check for 47 years' worth of late fees.
Nuranen said his mother misplaced the copy of "Prince of Egypt" while cleaning the house. The family came across it every so often, only to set it aside again. He found it last week while looking through a box in the attic.
"I figured I'd better get it in before we waited another 10 years," he said after turning it in Friday with the $171.32 check. "Fifty-seven years would be embarrassing."
The book, with its last due date stamped June 2, 1960, was part of the young Nuranen's fascination with Egypt. He went on to visit that country and 54 others, and all 50 states, he said, but he never did finish the book.
Nuranen now lives in Los Angeles, where he teaches seventh-grade social studies and language arts.
The library had long ago lost any record of the book, librarian Sue Zubiena said.
"I'm going to use it as an example," she said. "It's never too late to return your books."

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