Mark your calendars! The Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale runs next week Thursday, Sept. 16, through Saturday, Sept. 18. Book sale hours are: 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.On Thursday and Friday you can get excellent bargains on fiction, nonfiction, romances, westerns, large print children’s books and audiovisual materials. On Saturday you can get an even better bargain by purchasing a "bag of books" for $2. For best selection, come on Thursday. For best prices, come on Saturday. New on the fiction shelf this week is "The Unbidden Truth" by Kate Wilhelm. When Louise Braniff discreetly hands Barbara Holloway a large retainer and asks for a complete anonymity, Oregon attorney, Holloway, is both intrigued and suspicious. The retainer is for defending Carol Fredericks, a gifted young pianist who stands accused of murdering the manager of a piano bar. Not long ago Barbara heard Carol play, and that is enough to convince her to take the case. But now the questions are coming faster than the answers. Carol's straightforward version of what happened the night Joe Wenzel was murdered clashes with the incriminating evidence against her. Carol can't remember a huge part of her past; only the new life that began when she woke up in a hospital at the age of eight to learn that her parents were dead. She has no memory of learning to play the piano, and is having haunting nightmares about a woman named Carolyn Frye. Soon Barbara is convinced that her client is not only innocent, but that she is being framed by ruthless foes who will stop at nothing to keep the past buried. However, proving the case and keeping her client safe will require every drop of Barbara's notoriously fierce determination to get at the truth. And as she unravels the stunning trail of deception and hatred, she discovers the deep abiding love that holds the key to the mystery of Carol Fredericks. On the non-fiction shelf this week is the new book by Dr. Phil, "Family First." Dr. Phil offers a new classic on family life — and gives parents real answers and a plan for being the most positive and effective parents possible. Starting right now, you can begin to make realistic choices and take day-to-day actions that can make your family phenomenal. You must decide that you will lead your family with strength and love and that peace and joy are not just for the people next door or on TV. They're for your family. "In Family First," Dr. Phil gives it to parents straight: even in this fast-paced world your family should be the center of your life and your child's life. Parenting is the most important and noble act you will ever undertake, yet American families are threatened like never before from the inside as well as the outside — many of us fight too much, don't get involved enough in our children's lives, or get bogged down in life's daily struggles instead of keeping our eye on the big picture of our family's well-being.
