New items are available at the Hancock County Public Library.
The following items are available at Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road. For more information on the library’s collection or to reserve a title, visit hcplibrary.org.
Adult Fiction
“The Great Believers” by Rebecca Makkai
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In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, has brought in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery.
Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying. After his friend Nico’s funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico’s little sister.
Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter, who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter.
The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the 1980s and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness amid disaster.
Adult Nonfiction
“Rollergirls: The Story of Fat Track Derby” by Felicia Graham
Flat track roller derby is one of the country’s fastest-growing sports. What started as a single league in Austin, Texas, 20 years ago has grown into an international phenomenon, with nearly 2,000 leagues around the world.
“Rollergirls” captures the spirit of the game, which is poised to become an Olympic sport, and highlights the women who have become known as the godmothers of modern-day roller derby.
Documentary photographer Felicia Graham takes readers on a visual tour through more than 160 black-and-white images, showcasing the confidence it takes to become a rollergirl and the camaraderie that develops among the players. Despite their different reasons for joining the sport, women of varying professions, ages and lifestyles have made roller derby uniquely their own.
With tongue-in-cheek team names such as the Hotrod Honeys and personas such as Sparkle Plenty and Buckshot Betty, the players use their brains and brawn to master the strategic game while also expanding the sport internationally.
