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New items are available at the Hancock County Public Library.
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
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“The Curse of Misty Wayfair” by Jaime Jo Wright
Left at an orphanage as a child, Thea Reed vowed to someday find her mother. Now grown, her search takes her to Pleasant Valley, Wisconsin, in 1908. When clues lead her to a mental asylum, Thea uses her experience as a post-mortem photographer to gain access and assist groundskeeper Simeon Coyle in photographing the patients and uncovering the secrets within. However, she never expected her personal quest would reawaken the legend of Misty Wayfair, a murdered woman who allegedly haunts the area and whose appearance portends death. A century later, Heidi Lane receives a troubling letter from her mother, who is battling dementia. Heidi is compelled to travel to Pleasant Valley for answers to her own questions of identity. When she catches sight of a ghostly woman who haunts the asylum ruins in the woods, the long-standing story of Misty Wayfair returns — and with it, Heidi’s fear for her own life. As two women across time seek answers about their identities and heritage, can they overcome the threat of the mysterious curse that has them intertwined?
Adult Nonfiction
“How Does It Feel to Be Unwanted? Stories of Resistance and Resilience from Mexicans Living in the United States” by Eileen Truax
Dreamers and their allies, those who care about immigration justice and anyone interested in the experience of Mexicans in the United States will respond to these stories of Mexican immigrants (some documented, some not) illuminating their complex lives. Regardless of status, many are subjected to rights violations, inequality and violence — all of which existed well before the Trump administration — and have profound feelings of being unwanted in the country they call home. There’s Monica Robles, the undocumented mother of three U.S. citizens, who is literally confined to a strip of territory between two checkpoints — one at the Mexico border and one 27 miles north of the border. We meet Jeanette Vizguerra, who came to symbolize the sanctuary movement when she took shelter in a Denver church in February 2017 to avoid deportation. There’s Daniel Rodriguez, the first undocumented immigration lawyer to obtain a license to practice. Alberto Mendoza, who suffered persecution as a gay man, founded Honor 41 in 2013, a national Latino LGBTQ organization that promotes positive images of their community. After crossing the border illegally with his mother as a child, Al Labrada later joined the military to get on a path to citizenship; in March 2017, he was promoted to captain in the Los Angeles Police Department. These and eight other stories will broaden how you think about Mexicans in America.
