Hame by Annalena McAfee Reviewed by Lynne Lawrence — 9/29/2017   McAfee’s characters from a generation or two past, who meet in the pub to gossip and trade stories of the old days, are captivating. Their language is at once rough and musical, their memories are long, and their toughness and loyalty, inspiring. So I think I really like this book.

Angelica Ladd, a marketing and nonprofit professional, joined the Board of Trustees at Tucker Free Library this month. She and her family moved to Henniker from Manchester a year ago. Angelica looks forward to using her community-building and professional skills to help advance the mission of TFL.“I know how critical public libraries are to the overall health and vitality of

World of Tomorrow Reviewed by Lynn M. Piotrowicz — 9/18/2017  Mathews draws the reader in with great characters; going beyond the clichés of Irish gangsters and paid assassins.  Instead, in his prologue he wallops the reader with an atmospheric description of a mob-boss, his study, and the portrait of his mother that hangs over the mobster’s work. I was immediately

Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Recommended by Lynne Lawrence7/14/2017Although it’s no surprise that the U.S. government hasn’t always treated Native Americans as it should, this meticulously researched book has many other revelations that are guaranteed to take you aback. For instance, did you know that the Osage Indians in Oklahoma were the richest people in the world in the 1920s? Although a succession of questionable

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