The following items are available at Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road. For more information on the library’s collection or to reserve a title, visit hcplibrary.org.
Adult Fiction
“Fox 8,” by George Saunders
Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes — that is, until he develops a unique skill. He teaches himself to speak “Yuman” by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people — even after “danjer” arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack.
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Adult Nonfiction
“In Extremis: the Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin,” by Lindsey Hilsum
When 56-year-old Marie Colvin was killed in a 2012 artillery attack in Syria, the world lost a fearless and iconoclastic war correspondent who covered the most significant global calamities of her lifetime. Written by fellow reporter Lindsey Hilsum, “In Extremis” is an investigation into Colvin’s epic life and tragic death based on exclusive access to her diaries from age 13 to her death, interviews with people from every corner of her life and impeccable research. Colvin studied at Yale and worked for The Times of London, where she gained a reputation for bravery and compassion as she told the stories of victims of the major conflicts of our time. She lost sight in one eye while in Sri Lanka covering the civil war, interviewed Gaddafi and Arafat many times, and repeatedly risked her life covering conflicts in Chechnya, East Timor, Kosovo and the Middle East. Colvin lived her personal life in extremis, too: she was married twice, took many lovers, drank and smoked, and rejected society’s expectations for women. Despite PTSD, she refused to give up reporting. Colvin was committed to bearing witness to the truths of war, and to shining a light on the suffering of ordinary people caught in the midst of conflict.
