You’ll start the book for its raw, insider view of prison life; you’ll finish the book because of its powerful story of personal transformation.
Lost in the Stacks: Sweet Hell on Fire
Posted by Julie Nelson on January 1, 2013
A Memoir from China, The Little Red Guard
Posted by Christina Callison on December 19, 2012
In the midst of the Cultural Revolution in China, the government was banning many of the traditional practices like burials and coffins, though Wenguang Huang’s grandmother wanted her family to defy the ban and plan a traditional funeral complete with a coffin for her death. At the time their grandmother’s health was fine but she was obsessed with her mortality and funeral…
Lost in the Stacks: The Midwife
Posted by Julie Nelson on October 2, 2012
Lost in the Stacks: When We Were the Kennedys
Posted by Julie Nelson on September 4, 2012
Monica’s Mexico wasn’t the sunny land south of the border, her Mexico was a small town in Maine dominated by a paper mill that paid the bills and poisoned the water. Her Mexico was a place of hardworking fathers, immigrants or sons of immigrants, who toiled in the mill while mothers kept house in “blocks” [...]
HUSH: a podcast from your library – Episode 27 – School Stories
Posted by Lissa Staley on August 23, 2012
To get in the spirit of back-to-school, Thad Hartman and Lissa Staley bring back one of our favorite guests, Julie Nelson, to talk about narrative non-fiction and memoirs about school-themed stories. Listen to our (38:16) discussion to get book recommendations, then share your recommendations with us!
Lost in the Stacks: Chalked Up
Posted by Julie Nelson on August 7, 2012
What transformed this happy child who loved the adrenaline rush of gymnastics to a broken young woman?
Lost in the Stacks: Burn Down the Ground
Posted by Julie Nelson on June 5, 2012
Lost in the Stacks: Below Stairs
Posted by Julie Nelson on April 3, 2012
It was bad enough having to polish every shoe in the house – but iron the shoelaces? It was true, then, a kitchen maid really was the lowest of the low.
Journaling with Words and Images: Recording your Own History
Posted by Lissa Staley on March 27, 2012
A monthly journaling workshop offers ideas and encouragement for people pursuing personal writing with words and images. Handouts including writing prompts about recording your own history are archived here. The workshop meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00 am at the library.
Journaling with Words and Images: Including images when recording your own history
Posted by Lissa Staley on March 20, 2012
A monthly journaling workshop offers ideas and encouragement for people pursuing personal writing with words and images. Handouts including writing prompts about recording your own history are archived here. The workshop meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00 am at the library.
Lost in the Stacks: An Unquenchable Thirst: Following Mother Teresa in Search of Love, Service and an Authentic Life
Posted by Julie Nelson on March 6, 2012
As young Mary Johnson stared at the cover of Time magazine featuring the loving eyes and wizened face of Mother Teresa, she knew her calling: to become a Missionary of Charity.
