What’s new at Jacksonville Public Library:

ADULT FICTION

“Dear Ann” by Bobbie Ann Mason: Ann Workman is smart but naive, a misfit who has traveled from rural Kentucky to attend graduate school in the transformative years of the late 1960s. While Ann fervently seeks higher learning, she wants what all girls yearn for: a boyfriend. She doesn’t just want any boy. She wants the “Real Thing.” She wants to be in love with someone who loves her equally. Then Jimmy appears, as if by magic. Although he comes from a very different place, upper-middle class suburban Chicago, he is a misfit, too, a rebel who rejects his upbringing and questions everything. They dive headfirst into what seems to be a perfect relationship … or is it? Beautifully written and expertly told, this book is the wrenching story of one woman’s life and the choices she has made.

ADULT NONFICTION

“The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi” by Richard Grant: Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in America, and its wealth was built on slavery and cotton. Today it has the greatest concentration of antebellum mansions in the South and a culture full of unexpected contradictions. Prominent white families dress up in hoopskirts and Confederate uniforms for ritual celebrations of the Old South, yet Natchez also is progressive enough to elect a gay Black man for mayor with 91% of the vote. Much as John Berendt did for Savannah in “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” and the hit podcast S-Town did for Woodstock, Alabama, so Richard Grant does for Natchez. Part history and part travelogue, this book offers a gripping portrait of a complex American place as it struggles to break free from the past and confront the legacy of slavery.

DVD

“Deerskin”: A recent divorcee becomes obsessed with a vintage fringed deerskin jacket that begins to exert an uncanny hold on him. Set in a sleepy French Alpine village, the film follows as he falls into the guise of an independent filmmaker and befriends a trusting bartender and aspiring editor who becomes his collaborator on a movie that will document a surprising new goal he sets for himself.

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK

“Clifford the Big Red Dog: Spooky Sleepover” by Meredith Rusu (Clifford was created by Norman Birdwell): Clifford and Emily Elizabeth are celebrating Halloween with their friends. They are telling ghost stories by the campfire when they start hearing spooky noises. Then they see strange shadows. Is there something — or someone — in the backyard with them?

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK

“Pete the Cat: Falling for Autumn” by Kimberly and James Dean: It’s the first day of autumn and Pete the Cat isn’t ready for the change of season — until he discovers all the wonderful things about autumn. From pumpkin pie to corn mazes, hay rides and apple picking, Pete enjoys the different delights. He realizes that change may not be that bad after all, especially if you experience it with family and friends.

Did you know?

The library is hosting a virtual program titled “Consumer Fraud Prevention” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Marsha Griffin, with the Illinois Attorney General’s office, will discuss ways to prevent identity theft and other common scams. Email ssnyder@jaxpl.org to receive Zoom information one day before the event begins or call 217-243-5435 to register.
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