An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cFew true friends have I known and two were giraffes\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nWoodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave.<\/span><\/p>\nIt\u2019s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California\u2019s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world\u2019s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes.<\/span><\/p>\nPart adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story,\u00a0<\/span>West with Giraffes<\/span>\u00a0explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it\u2019s too late.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/ent.sharelibraries.info\/client\/en_US\/cli\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:2946337\/one” button_text=”Find it in the catalog.” _builder_version=”4.21.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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May:\u00a0<\/strong>West with Giraffes: A Novel<\/em> by Lynda Rutledge<\/p>\nApril: <\/strong>The Land of Laughs<\/em> by Jonathan Carroll<\/p>\nMarch: <\/strong>Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family<\/em> by Robert Kolker<\/p>\nFebruary: <\/strong>Lolly Willowes<\/em> by Sylvia Townsend Warner<\/p>\nJanuary:<\/strong> When We Had Wings<\/em> by Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, & Susan Meissner<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”2023 Selections” _builder_version=”4.21.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n
December:<\/strong> No Meeting<\/p>\nNovember:<\/strong> The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poroit Mystery<\/em> by Agatha Christie<\/p>\nOctober:<\/strong> The Madonnas of Leningrad<\/em> by Debra Dean<\/p>\nSeptember:<\/strong> One Vacant Chair<\/em> by Joe Coomer<\/p>\nAugust:<\/strong> Little, Big<\/em> by John Crowley<\/p>\nJuly:<\/strong> Sisters By a River<\/em> by Barbara Comyns<\/p>\nJune:<\/strong> The Yiddish Policemen\u2019s Union<\/em> by Michael Chabon<\/p>\nMay:<\/strong> Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda<\/em> Ngozi Adichie<\/p>\nApril:<\/strong> Remarkable Creatures<\/em> by Tracy Chevalier<\/p>\nMarch:<\/strong> A Gentleman in Moscow<\/em> by Amor Towles<\/p>\nFebruary:<\/strong> Surviving Savannah<\/em> by Pattie Callahan<\/p>\nJanuary:<\/strong> The Personal Librarian<\/em> by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SHARE Catalog Search Search:\u00a0\u00a0 My Account & Bill Pay |\u00a0Catalog Help Google | YahooBOOK CLUBThis relaxed adult book group meets on the last Wednesday of the month.Call the library with questions 608-676-5569.April 2024The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll Wednesday, April 24, 1:00 PM at the library. About this book: Have you ever loved a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1027,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1035","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.als.lib.wi.us\/CPL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.als.lib.wi.us\/CPL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.als.lib.wi.us\/CPL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.als.lib.wi.us\/CPL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.als.lib.wi.us\/CPL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/www.als.lib.wi.us\/CPL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1688,"href":"https:\/\/www.als.lib.wi.us\/CPL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035\/revisions\/1688"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.als.lib.wi.us\/CPL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.als.lib.wi.us\/CPL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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