Susan B. Anthony was the foremost leader of the women’s rights movement in the late 19^th century, she canvassed New York State petitioning for women’s property rights and wage reform.  On behalf of woman suffrage she spoke in one hundred cities a year, year after year, arranging all details by letter and telegram.  Her trips out West, even in her eighties, are a powerful example of organization and networking.

Read Along:  As a pre-cursor to Ms. Anthony's visit, the library will have multiple copies of the book "In A Gilded Age" by Rhys Bowen) for those interested in getting a taste of the time period while reading great mystery

Eleanor Roosevelt was a leader and a revolutionary, a champion to the powerless and her story is not over. Come see Elena Dodd as this wonderful historic figure.  Mrs. Roosevelt will telling us the story of her years in the White House serving as First lady during the tumultuous years of World War II.  Following each forty-minute program Elena Dodd meets with her audience for questions and conversation.

Eleanor Roosevelt was the first President's wife to hold press conferences, write a newspaper column, and travel widely. She was admired by many and criticized by many. In Meet Eleanor Roosevelt, she steps out of history to share with frankness and humor some of the struggles and experiences of her extraordinary life. In Elena Dodd's portrayal, Mrs. Roosevelt's distinctive speech and dynamic personality enliven these interactive programs for both large and small audiences.

CPR Class

When:   Thursday, Sept. 16th,  5:00-7:00PM

Cost: $20

Register by contacting

nduclos@mcgregorems.org

or call 862-3674

Story Workshop: 20 Questions to get the Full Story

September 22nd from 6-8PM at the Library

This workshop will show parents and educators how to look at the parts of a story, to understand what message the author is communicating, and how they are communicating it. The workshop is geared toward educators, school or home-school, who are using story with their students.  Our presenter, Chris Oullette, will cover the parts of a story arc, and explore questions that will assist in finding the theme, for almost any story. This is great for anyone teaching through a book, movie or play, with a story, from Homer and Shakespeare to popular, modern fiction.  The method can be used in many ways, to achieve a variety of goals, including:

Chris Oullette has been an educator at the Good Shepherd School.

October 27th 7PM at the Library

Barrington Author: Darcy Scott

Reading From Her New Novel....Hunter Huntress

Distraught after a horrific car crash claims the life of her young son, the formidable and talented pianist Jamie Lloyd quits her high-powered job with a New York symphony and flees to New Hampshire, where she marries a seafaring marine biologist.

Although it’s a good life, she remains emotionally numb—tormented by thoughts of Michael Ryan, the man whose carelessness shattered her world. Choked off from the past, unable to live in the present, she finds herself drawn back to her old home, determined to find answers to the questions surrounding that awful day.

But as this fractured woman faces off against her intricately monstrous foe, coming ever closer to the truth she seeks, she enters a dangerous dance in the shadows between love and hate, right and wrong, and life and death—ultimately realizing that Michael Ryan’s inevitable ruin is not necessarily her salvation.

“Darcy Scott has written a deeply affecting story about the very human need for answers.  A totally enthralling novel. A pleasure to read from the first page to the last!”

Fall Book Group Meetings & Choices

Thursday Evenings at 6:30PM

Sept. 23rd: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

http://www.ebershoff.com/

Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff’s The 19th Wife combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel of literary suspense.

It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of a family’s polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife.

Oct. 28th Still Alice by Lisa Genova

http://www.stillalice.com/

She didn't want to become someone people avoided and feared. She wanted to live to hold Anna's baby and know it was her grandchild. She wanted to see Lydia act in something she was proud of. She wanted to see Tom fall in love. She wanted to read every book she could before she could no longer read.

Alice Howland is proud of the life she has worked so hard to build. A Harvard professor, she has a successful husband and three grown children. When Alice begins to grow forgetful at first she just dismisses it, but when she gets lost in her own neighbourhood she realises that something is terribly wrong. Alice finds herself in the rapid downward spiral of Alzheimer's disease. She is only 50 years old.

Nov. 18th The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

http://www.stieglarsson.com/

A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue.
It’s about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . . and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder.

Dec. 16th Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo

http://www.rusoffagency.com/authors/merullo_r/roland_merullo.htm

A comic but winningly spiritual road-trip novel. Otto Ringling is a food-book editor and a happily married father of two living in a tony New York suburb. After Otto's North Dakota parents are killed in a car crash, he plans to drive his ebulliently New Age sister, Cecilia, back home to sell the family farm. But when Otto arrives to pick up Cecilia in Paterson, N.J. (where she does tarot readings and past-life regressions), she declares her intention to give her half of the farm to her guru, Volvo Rinpoche, who will set up a retreat there. Cecilia asks Otto to take Rinpoche to North Dakota instead; after a fit of skeptical rage in which he rails internally against his sister's gullibility, he accepts, and the novel is off and running.

Barrington Genealogy Club
   August 4th & Sept. 1st, Oct. 6th, Nov. 3rd, Dec. 1st (Wed.) at 6:00PM

This is an informal genealogy group for sharing of information and ideas. Come share tips about searches, any great finds, and ask for help on dead-ends. The Barrington Genealogy Club meets monthly.
For more information contact genealogyclub@gmail.com

The library also has online resources such as HeritageQuest Online which those attending may use.  We also have Family Tree Maker Software.