Page Turners

Here is a list of books that have been shared on KMA's Page Turners with the Shenandoah Public Library.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

aired the week of December 9, 2019

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes follows newlywed Alice Van Cleve as she adjusts to life in the small Kentucky town where she now lives.  She finds acceptance and friendship when she volunteers to become part of the community's pack horse library that was started through Mrs. Roosevelt's initiative and run by the WPA.  However when the library gets crosswise with Alice's father-in-law it is up to the young women at the library to save this service the mountain folk have come to depend on.

aired the week of December 2, 2019

Relative Fortunes by Marlowe Benn is a cozy mystery set in 1924.  Julia Kydd is about to lose her half of the family estate unless she can win a bet with her half brother.  She must find proof that her good friend's older sister, suffragette Naomi Rankin did not commit suicide.  Julia believes she was murdered but lacks any evidence.  Time to get sleuthing. 

aired the week of November 25, 2019

Arrowood by Laura McHugh is an atmospheric Gothic tale set in Keokuk, Iowa.  Arden Arrowood was 8 years old when her two-year-old twin sisters disappeared on her watch.  She hopes that by moving home to Keokuk she will be able to figure out what happened to them.