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Leading Ladies at BTV Library From stories about daring female aviators in U.S. history, to a trio of mysteries by a local writer who sets her stories in the Ozarks, the BTV Library has a number of books for women and by women – along with several other new titles for a variety of reading interests. The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher is a fictional, but truer-to-life-than-you-might-think account of the humorously conflicted life of an English professor. The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis has us imagine how a middle-aged, under-appreciated artist who works at the passenger information booth at Grand Central Station, saves that architectural monument though her inadvertent discovery of a priceless masterpiece painting in a ruined part of the complex. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O’Brien tells the stories of five female pilots (including Amelia Earhart) who broke into the 1930’s world of competitive airplane racing. Three Things about Elsie by Joanna Cannon tells the somewhat troubled daydreams of Florence, 84, who’s fallen in her flat at the Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly and wonders as she waits to be rescued if a terrible secret from her past is about to come to light. Probable Claws: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae Brown asks and answers the question: Does
detective work go better when you have as your partner a cat named Sneaky Pie Brown? The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found by Bart van Es is the extraordinary true story of a young Jewish girl who was successfully hidden in Holland to save her during the Holocaust. My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry by best-selling Swedish novelist Fredrik Backman finds a 7-year-old girl being tasked with personally delivering to adults she has never before met, letters of regret from her late and wildly mad grandmother. Three titles in a mystery series by local author Radine Trees Nehring, whose stories are set in the Northwest Arkansas/Southwest Missouri Ozarks: A Valley to Die For; A Journey to Die For and A Fair to Die For. MORE NEW BOOKS The Compassionate Connection: The Healing Power Of Empathy and Mindful Listening by David Rakel suggests that you can best cultivate your skills to empathize with others by becoming a more mindful listener. Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island by Earl Swift is about how the rising sea levels caused by global warming are even now threatening to wipe out Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay, and the crab fishermen who have lived there since the 1600’s.