AT THE LIBRARY
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
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“State of the Union” by Nick Hornby
Tom and Louise meet in a pub before their couple’s therapy appointment. Married for years, they thought they had a stable home life — until a recent incident pushed them to the brink. Going to therapy seemed like the perfect solution. But over drinks before their appointment, they begin to wonder: What if marriage is like a computer? What if you take it apart to see what’s in there, but then you’re left with a million pieces? Unfolding in the minutes before their weekly therapy sessions, the ten-chapter conversation that ensues is witty and moving, forcing them to look at their marriage — and, for the first time in a long time, at each other.
Adult nonfiction
“Running With Sherman: the Donkey With the Heart of a Hero” by Christopher McDougall
When Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived, Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move, and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical rehabilitation program designed not only to heal Sherman’s body but to heal his mind as well. It turns out the best way to soothe a donkey is to give it a job, and so Chris decided to teach Sherman how to run. He’d heard about burro racing — a unique type of race where humans and donkeys run together in a call-back to mining days — and decided he and Sherman would enter the World Championship in Colorado. The experiment was easier said than done. In the course of Sherman’s training, Chris recruited several other runners, both human and equine — and called upon the wisdom of burro racers, goat farmers, Amish running club members and a group of irrepressible female long-haul truckers. An entire community comes together to help save Sherman and show us the joy of a life with animals.
