Books to Borrow Roaring Spring Public Library Recommends

Can reading books change you; can books change your life? In her debut novel, Sara Nisha Adams gives us a chance to feel the power of books and the benefit of libraries. She explores ways that reading can help us to step away from our daily struggles and also connect to others through stories.

Mukesh, a retired widower, is feeling isolated and overwhelmingly sad after the death of his wife. She was an avid reader, and Mukesh was not. With his wife gone, he is desperately lonely. He wants to feel his wife’s presence. He finds a book she had been reading, and hopes he can feel a connection to he...