American heart MONTH

LEARN TO BE A HEARTSAVER: BE THE BEAT FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE!

There are more than 350,000 outof-hospital cardiac arrests in the U.S. each year. Only about 40% of those cardiac arrests receive the immediate help they need before professional help arrives. This February during Heart Month, we encourage you to be the Heartsaver of your family and learn Hands-Only CPR. Please visit any of the six (6) library

Homegoing

BY YAA GYASI

JOIN THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TO LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF CPR AT THESE LIBRARIES.

February 13, 2023

Wolf Creek Library // 10 - 12PM

February 17, 2023

Northside Library // 10 - 12PM

February 20, 2023

Kirkwood Library // 10 - 12PM

February 22, 2023

Southeast Library // 10 - 12PM

February 23, 2023

Sandy Springs Library 10:30 - 12:30PM

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is an intense book that I would recommend to anyone looking for a great winter read. The book follows the path of seven generations of descendants of two half-sisters, both born in Africa. Effia and Esi are sisters who are raised apart in what will become Ghana. Esi is taken as a slave while Effia becomes the governor’s wife. Esi’s offspring are raised in the United States while Effia’s children grow up in Africa. Gyasi alternates back and forth between the blood lines. As time goes on, the lives of Effia and Esi’s relatives are reflective of the time that they are living in. For example, Willie symbolizes the Great Migration and Sonny is branches listed to obtain more resources from the American Heart Association Representative on CPR, including information on their Heartsaver® Virtual training course at heart.org/CPR, and Hearth Health and Nutrition which will include free cookbooks on healthy eating along with other take-aways. involved in the Harlem Jazz scene. Homegoing is Gyasi’s debut novel and she devotes about twenty pages to her rich descriptions of each character. As Gyasi moves through generations, I became engrossed in the story of each new personality and wanted to learn more about their fate. The book concludes with the lineages finally coming together.

Review Written by Joan C., Ponce

APHROCHIC

BY BRYAN MASON

A powerful, visually stunning celebration of Black homeownership, featuring inspiring homes and family histories of notable Black Americans.

BLACK CANDLE WOMEN

BY DIANE MARIE BROWN

A family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women living under one roof and the family curse that stems back to a Voodoo shop in 1950s New Orleans.

THE COLOR OF FAMILY

BY JERRY MCGILL

A tragedy upends a family’s delicate balance in an emotional novel about secrets, guilt, friendship, race, and reconciliation.

THE HOUSE OF EVE

BY SADEQA JOHNSON

A novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, exploring what it means to be a woman and a mother, and the sacrifies it takes to achieve her greatest goal.

NEVER FAR FROM HOME

BY BRUCE JACKSON

Microsoft’s associate general counsel reveals his childhood in the criminal justice system and how he was saved by an offer that set him on a better path.

WHAT WE FOUND IN HALLELUJAH

BY VANESSA MILLER

Another storm is on the horizon for the Reynolds women. And the only way out is to go through it.

Black History Film Festival

Saturday, February 25, 2023

12:00 - 4:00 PM

ADAMS PARK

Big Mama, Codeswitching

ADAMSVILLE

Driving While Black, King Richard

ALPHARETTA

Fences, Codeswitching

CLEVELAND

Big Mama, Codeswitching

COLLEGE PARK

Big Mama, Codeswitching

DOGWOOD

King Richard, Codeswitching

EAST ROSWELL

Big Mama, Codeswitching

FAIRBURN

Big Mama, Codeswitching

HAPEVILLE

Big Mama, Fences

KIRKWOOD

Driving While Black, Codeswitching

MECHANICSVILLE

Big Mama, Codeswitching

NORTHWEST

Big Mama, Is That Black Enough for You?

PONCE

Big Mama, Driving While Black

ROSWELL

Big Mama, Codeswitching

WOLF CREEK