Gail McCarthy and Evelyn DeLutis discuss their involvement in the Dress-a-Girl-Around-the-World program. Another way libraries and churches can help protect vulnerable young girls. Want to get involved? Find out more here: http://www.westbpl.org, https://www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/, https://www.bridgew.edu/news-events/news/worthy-outfit.
Email Gail if you want to make a personal connection: gmccarthy@westbpl.org
19 Mar 2021
2021-3-18 Women's stories
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
(passing reference to) Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
In the Great Green Room by Amy Gary
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
Radium Girls by Kate Moore
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
5 Feb 2021
2021 Outlander Discussion - 2:5:21, 4.03 PM
Gretchen Newman reveals the background of the lure of the brooding Scottish highland man as the doomed hero.
29 Jan 2021
2021 - 1-29 Talk About Romance
Ellen and Gretchen talk about lifting the stigma that has existed for years on romance novels. Today's romance is a hip, sexy, and diverse genre that provides harried professional women with badly-needed escape and fantasy.
Authors discussed: Selena Montgomery, Julia Quinn, Diana Gabaldon, Courtney Milan.
Resources: https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5660117-beyond-heaving-bosoms
15 Jan 2021
2021 - 15 Anxious People - 1:15:21, 2.07 PM
Ashley and Ellen talk about Anxious People by Fredrick Bachman.
4 Dec 2020
2020-12 Ellen & Ashley Year End
Books reviewed: Deacon King Kong by James McBride, The invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab, and The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
26 Nov 2020
2020-11 Mindfulness Poetry for the Serenity Space
These five poems were excerpted from the beautiful children's book, Breathe and Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems written by Kate Coombs and illustrated by Anna Laitinen.
11 Sept 2020
2020-9-11 Teen Essays
The 2020 West Bridgewater Public Library "This I Believe" Annual Teen Essay Contest Winners.
First Prize: Caleb Brown wrote on the value of Hard Work.
Second Prize: Ellie Smith wrote on the importance of Bravery.
Third Prize: Ava Millerick wrote on the power of books to provide insight.
Runners Up: Eric Ames wrote on why he believes in "Rainbows after the Rain."
Hannah Smith wrote on the important of Friendship in building character.
Eva Sullivan wrote on the value of Education and Mind Set.
Contest sponsored by the Friends of the WB Library and Bluestone Bank.
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