Learn about hot new book titles, discuss your favorites, and win prizes! Light refreshments will be served. All attendees will receive a gift bag with bookish giveaways.
Geneva Public Library District is proud to share our annual “YOU MATTER” campaign to raise awareness about suicide prevention this September.
Visit gpld.org for mental health resources or stop by the Library to see our Messages of Hope display in the lobby. Anyone who needs it can take a Message of Hope or contribute one for others. Remember, help is available to you no matter where you are.
In the absence of a trusted adult, Safe2Help IL is a confidential tool that offers information and support to students across Illinois facing bullying, school violence, depression, and suicidal ideation. It also provides resources to help friends, parents, and educators seeking to support those experiencing these challenges.
Tilly Nightingale gets a call about a birthday gift from her husband at her local bookshop; shocking news, since Joe passed away five months ago. At the bookshop, owner Alfie reveals the gift: twelve books, each with a handwritten letter from Joe, one for every month of her first year without him.
A lapidary memoir of losing a child before she can be born, which the author began writing the day she came home from the hospital—an intimate story about our most searing losses and brightest hopes.
For fans of A Man Called Ove and Remarkably Bright Creatures. A zany case of mistaken identity allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family in this warm, life-affirming debut novel.
After losing her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. She retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine and habit. Then, one winter night, a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey. During two weeks in a small English town, this reclusive widow discovers an unexpected reason to live.
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