Well,
we
can
certainly
say
that
2020
was
unlike
any
other
year
in
recent
memory.
It
has
been
a
difficult
year
for
small
businesses,
but
thanks
to
our
many
loyal
customers,
we
have
survived.
It
has
been
heartwarming
to
see
all
the
many
ways
that
our
community
has
come
together
to
support
each
other.
We
had
a
great
response
to
our
request
for
personal
hygiene
products
for
the
Food
Group.
Thank
you
to
all
who
so
generously
donated
items.
Time
will
tell
how
things
progress
in
2021,
but
I
do
want
to
wish
you
all
AHappy,
Healthy
New
Year!!!
“Winter
is
the
time
for
comfort,
for
good
food
and
warmth,
for
the
touch
of
a
friendly
hand
and
for
a
talk
beside
the
fire:
it
is
the
time
for
home.”
― Edith
Sitwell
Some
of
Our
Favorites
of
2020!
The
Exiles
by:
Christina
Baker
Kline
"Seduced
by
her
employer's
son,
Evangeline,
a
načive
young
governess
in
early
nineteenth-century
London,
is
discharged
when
her
pregnancy
is
discovered
and
sent
to
the
notorious
Newgate
Prison.
After
months
in
the
fetid,
overcrowded
jail,
she
learns
she
is
sentenced
to
'the
land
beyond
the
seas,
'
Van
Diemen's
Land,
a
penal
colony
in
Australia.
Though
uncertain
of
what
awaits,
Evangeline
knows
one
thing:
the
child
she
carries
will
be
born
on
the
months-long
voyage
to
this
distant
land.
During
the
journey
on
a
repurposed
slave
ship,
the
Medea,
Evangeline
strikes
up
a
friendship
with
Hazel,
a
girl
little
older
than
her
former
pupils
who
was
sentenced
to
seven
years
transport
for
stealing
a
silver
spoon.
Canny
where
Evangeline
is
guileless,
Hazel--a
skilled
midwife
and
herbalist--is
soon
offering
home
remedies
to
both
prisoners
and
sailors
in
return
for
a
variety
of
favors"--
Fast
Girls
by
Elise
Hooper
*Starred
Review*
Hooper
(The
Other
Alcott,
2017)
celebrates
three
unheralded
female
athletes
in
a
tale
spanning
three
Olympiads:
1928
Amsterdam,
when
the
first
women's
delegation
competed
in
track
and
field;
1932
Los
Angeles,
when
runners
of
color
were
unjustly
left
out
of
competition;
and
1936
Berlin,
when
Jesse
Owens
outshone
all
other
American
athletes.
Betty
Robinson,
Louise
Stokes,
and
Helen
Stephens
have
different
backgrounds
and
challenges
but
a
shared
talent:
running
like
the
wind.
Betty
is
a
classic
golden
girl
and
the
first
female
gold-medal
winner
in
track
and
field,
but
is
nearly
killed
in
a
plane
crash
just
weeks
before
the
1932
games.
Louise
is
the
oldest
daughter
in
a
poor
black
family,
leaving
school
to
help
support
her
younger
siblings.
Helen
is
an
awkward
farm
girl
with
few
prospects
until
a
local
track
coach
sees
her
potential.
Each
makes
her
own
way
to
excellence,
making
history
along
the
way.
Social
commentary
is
provided
by
fictitious
news
articles
written
with
period-typical
condescending
awe
that
these
women
could
accomplish
these
feats.
For
fans
of
Daniel
James
Brown's
The
Boys
in
the
Boat
(2015),
historical
fiction
about
real
people,
and
stories
about
little-known
female
heroes
breaking
through
barriers.Women
in
Focus:
The
19th
in
2020(Reprinted
with
permission
of
Booklist,
copyright
2020,
American
Library
Association.)
Simon
the
Fiddler
by
Paulette
Jiles
"In
March
1865,
the
long
and
bitter
War
between
the
States
is
winding
down.
Till
now,
twenty-three-year-old
Simon
Boudlin
has
evaded
military
duty
thanks
to
his
slight
stature,
youthful
appearance,
and
utter
lack
of
compunction
about
bending
the
truth.
But
following
a
barroom
brawl
in
Victoria,
Texas,
Simon
finds
himself
conscripted,
however
belatedly,
into
the
Confederate
Army.
Luckily
his
talent
with
a
fiddle
gets
him
a
comparatively
easy
position
in
a
regimental
band.
Weeks
later,
on
the
eve
of
the
Confederate
surrender,
Simon
and
his
bandmates
are
called
to
play
for
officers
and
their
families
from
both
sides
of
the
conflict.
There
the
quick-thinking,
audacious
fiddler
can't
help
but
notice
the
lovely
Doris
Mary
Dillon,
an
indentured
girl
from
Ireland,
who
is
governess
to
a
Union
colonel's
daughter.
After
the
surrender,
Simon
and
Doris
go
their
separate
ways.
He
will
travel
around
Texas
seeking
fame
and
fortune
as
a
musician.
She
must
accompany
the
colonel's
family
to
finish
her
three
years
of
service.
But
Simon
cannot
forget
the
fair
Irish
maiden,
and
vows
that
someday
he
will
find
her
again"--Provided
by
publisher.
Dance
Away
with
Me
by:
Susan
Elizabeth
Phillips
When
life
throws
her
one
setback
too
many,
midwife
and
young
widow
Tess
Hartsong
takes
off
for
Runaway
Mountain.
In
this
small
town
high
in
the
Tennessee
mountains,
surrounded
by
nature,
she
hopes
to
outrun
her
heartbreak
and
find
the
solace
she
needs
to
heal.
But
instead
of
peace
and
quiet,
she
encounters
an
enigmatic
artist
with
a
craving
for
solitude,
a
fairy-tale
sprite
with
too
many
secrets,
a
helpless
infant,
a
passel
of
curious
teens,
and
a
town
suspicious
of
outsiders,
especially
one
as
headstrong
as
Tess.
Just
as
headstrong
is
Ian
North,
a
difficult,
gifted
man
with
a
tortured
soul--a
man
who
makes
Tess
question
everything.
In
running
away
to
this
new
life,
Tess
wonders--
Has
she
lost
herself
.
.
.
or
has
she
found
her
future?
Invisible
Girl
by:
Lisa
Jewell
Young
Saffyre
Maddox
spent
three
years
under
the
care
of
renowned
child
psychologist
Roan
Fours.
When
Dr.
Fours
decides
their
sessions
should
end,
Saffyre
feels
abandoned.
She
begins
looking
for
ways
to
connect
with
him,
from
waiting
outside
his
office
to
walking
through
his
neighborhood
late
at
night.
She
soon
learns
more
than
she
ever
wanted
to
about
Roan
and
his
deceptively
perfect
family
life.
On
a
chilly
Valentine's
night,
Saffyre
will
disappear,
taking
any
secrets
she
has
learned
with
her.Owen
Pick's
life
is
falling
apart.
In
his
thirties
and
living
in
his
aunt's
spare
bedroom,
he
has
just
been
suspended
from
his
job
as
a
teacher
after
accusations
of
sexual
misconduct--accusations
he
strongly
denies.
Searching
for
professional
advice
online,
he
is
inadvertently
sucked
into
the
dark
world
of
incel
forums,
where
he
meets
a
charismatic
and
mysterious
figure.Owen
lives
across
the
street
from
the
Fours
family.
The
Fours
have
a
bad
feeling
about
their
neighbor;
Owen
is
a
bit
creepy
and
suspect
and
their
teenaged
daughter
swears
he
followed
her
home
from
the
train
station
one
night.
Could
Owen
be
responsible?
What
happened
to
the
beautiful
missing
Saffyre,
and
does
her
disappearance
truly
connect
them
all?
New
Releases
for January
2021!
January
5th
Neighbors
Danielle
Steel
Twenty
James
Grippando
American
Traitor
Brad
Taylor
Martha
Stewart's
Very
Good
Things
Martha
Stewart
January
12th
Spin
Patricia
Cornwell
The
Scorpion's
Tail
Lincoln
Child/
Douglas
Preston
Robert
B.
Parker's
Someone
to
Watch
Over
Me
Ace
Atkins
Dear
Miss
Kopp
Amy
Stewart
The
Breaker
Nick
Petrie
The
Last
Garden
in
England
Julia
Kelly
The
Children's
Blizzard
Melanie
Benjamin
January
19th
Pianos
and
Flowers:
Brief
Encounters
of
the
Romantic
Kind
Alexander
McCall
Smith
Till
Murder
Do
Us
Part
James
Patterson
The
City
of
Tears
Kate
Mosse
The
Mitford
Trial
Jessica
Fellowes
Land:
How
the
Hunger
for
Ownership
Shaped
the
Modern
World
Simon
Winchester
January
26th
The
Prodigal
Son
Gregg
Hurwitz
Tropic
of
Stupid
Tim
Dorsey
The
Monthly
Recipe
Corner
Rustic
Farmhouse
Slower
Cooker
75
Hands-off
Recipes
for
Hearty,
Homestyle
Meals
Alli
Kelley
Creator
of
Longbourn
Farm
Thyme
and
Swiss
French
Onion
Soup
Serves
8
6
medium
yellow
onions,
sliced
8
sprigs
fresh
thyme
4
cups
beef
broth
3
cups
water
1/2
tsp
pepper
3
Tbsp
Worcestershire
sauce
1
Tbsp
soy
sauce
1
tbsp
cornstarch
8
slices
crusty
bread
4
Tbsp
butter
8
slices
Swiss
cheese
Place
the
onions,
thyme,
beef
broth,
water,
pepper
and
Worcestershire
sauce
in
the
slow
cooker.
In
a
small
bowl,
whisk
together
the
soy
sauce
and
cornstarch.
Add
the
cornstarch
slurry
to
the
slow
cooker
and
stir
until
well
blended.
Cook
on
high
for
4
hours
or
low
for
8
hours.
Near
the
end
of
the
soup
cooking
time,
butter
the
bread
on
both
sides.
Broil
each
side
for
2
minutes,
or
until
golden
brown
and
toasty.
Watch
it
closely
so
it
doesn't
burn!
Place
the
slices
of
toasted
bread
evenly
over
the
top
of
the
soup
in
the
slow
cooker.
Place
the
slices
of
cheese
over
the
top
of
the
slices
of
bread.
Place
the
lid
on
the
slow
cooker
and
let
it
cook
on
high
until
the
cheese
is
melted,
about
10
minutes.
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