Olivia Rodham Memorial Library
We will be discussing
Tiger’s Wife
by
Tea Obreht

In a Balkan country mending from years of conflict, Natalia, a young doctor, arrives on a mission of mercy at an orphanage by the sea. By the time she and her lifelong friend Zóra begin to inoculate the children there, she feels age-old superstitions and secrets gathering everywhere around her. Secrets her outwardly cheerful hosts have chosen not to tell her. Secrets involving the strange family digging for something in the surrounding vineyards. Secrets hidden in the landscape itself.

organizations.  For more information call 1-800-947-7005 or log onto www.pircnh.org

Back by Popular Demand

the first Tuesday of January, February and March; 7 to 9 PM. 

Everyone is invited. Refreshments will be served.

Last month (January) a record breaking crowd of 26 people turned out for Game Night.  We played Scrabble, Quiddler, Mexican Train Dominoes, Rummikub, and assorted other games. A good time was had by all.  We encourage you to join us this month.  Please come and bring your favorite game if you like, or get your favorite card game going.  We’ll just see what develops.

Let’s make use of the Library as a space for Nelsonites to gather during the dark of the winter. We hope to see you there!

Let’s make use of the Library as a space for Nelsonites to gather during the dark of the winter. We hope to see you there!

A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother
by Janny Scott

The New York Times bestseller-an unprecedented look into the life and character of the woman who raised a president.

Barack Obama has written extensively about his father but credited his mother for “what is best in me.” Still, little is known about this fiercely independent, spirited woman who raised the man who became the first biracial president of the United States. This book is that story.

In A Singular Woman, award-winning New York Times reporter Janny Scott tells the story of this unique woman, Stanley Ann Dunham, who broke many of the rules of her time, and shows how her fierce example helped influence the future president-and can serve as an inspiration to us all.

Supporting Language And Literacy: from birth to preschool

Come learn fun, easy games and activities that will help promote literacy and language skills in your child! Whether you love reading or not, there are many times during the day to play with words. Everyone who attends this event will receive a free book!

Please Pre-register by November 29th For more info or to register for this session, please contact Barbara at (603) 847-9070.

Supporting Language and Literacy Everday is offered by the NH State Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC) PIRC offer workshops, publications, tip sheets and techinical assistance to parents, PTA/PTOs, schools, school districts and community organizations. For more information call 1-800-947-7005 or log on to www.pircnh.org

We will be discussing

The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush
by Howard Blum

Books may be borrowed from the library

This is a narrative history set before, during and just after the rush. Blum traces the lives of three storied men — a prospector, a cowboy turned Pinkerton detective and a notorious conman — whose fates intersected in an armed confrontation over a stash of gold in 1898. That incident comes fairly late in the book and could even be viewed as somewhat anticlimactic, but getting there is so much fun that it hardly matters. The face-off between Blum’s three principals in the harbor of Skagway, Alaska, is really just a pretext for spinning yarns about three remarkable American characters.

The Blue Cotton Gown
A Midwife’s Memoir      by Patricia Harman

Books may be borrowed from the library

Patricia Harman, a nurse-midwife, manages a women’s health clinic with her husband, Tom, an OB/GYN, in West Virginia-a practice where patients open their hearts, where they find care and sometimes refuge. Patsy’s memoir juxtaposes the tales of these women with her own story of keeping a small medical practice solvent and coping with personal challenges. The nurse-midwife tells of their lives over the course of a year and a quarter, a time when her outwardly successful practice is in deep financial trouble, when she is coping with malpractice threats, confronting her own serious medical problems, and fearing that her thirty-year marriage may be on the verge of collapse.

Agenda to be provided closer to meeting.

Agenda will be posted closer to date

Nelson Library Board of Trustees Meeting

Agenda

1. Call to order

2. Roll Call and Introductions

3. Approval of minutes for the previous meeting

4. Correspondence – Suttenfield?

5. Treasurer’s Report

Old Business
1. On line reports

2. Request for Tuesday Library Trustees meeting

3. research: Grapevine article and building deed

4. Canoe

5. Hardy Shepard Fund dispersion

New business

next meeting Tuesday November 8, 2011