East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Life: A Love Story by Elizabeth Berg “In this warm, intimate novel, a woman celebrates the joy she finds in the ordinary things in life and discovers it’s never too late to start new adventures. By the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv and Open House

Florence “Flo” Greene is nearing the end of her life, and she decides to leave her house and an account of her life for Ruthie, the younger woman who grew up next door, moved away, and still is like a surrogate daughter. As Flo writes to Ruthie about the meaning of beloved things in her home and about events in her past, she also tries new adventures of her own. She intervenes in the lives of friends in her neighborhood.

Flo’s project has been to encourage Teresa, a wise but unconfident woman, to open her heart to romance. Flo goes to the library to get advice from Mimi, a librarian. She encourages Ruthie, who is contemplating divorce, to try again with her husband, by sharing a startling secret long buried about Flo’s own seemingly perfect husband and marriage.

In her final weeks, Flo leaves an indelible mark on others, as this moving novel celebrates life, change, and ways to discover new happiness, friendship, and love.”

What a fantastic Summer Reading Kickoff we had this past Thursday! Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the start of Summer Reading with us!

It’s !

to last year’s Summer Reading Kickoff! 🎉
Join us today from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Main Library at Goodwood for this year’s celebration featuring Tim the Magician, Lady Chops, Young Chefs Academy, hands-on activities, community booths, and more summer fun for the whole family! 📚☀️

The vote on the East Baton Rouge Parish Library millage is one month away.
Want the facts — not fiction? Join us for an upcoming millage talk to learn what’s on the ballot, what it means for the Library, and how it impacts library services across East Baton Rouge Parish.

Summer Meals @ the Library starts today! The EBR Schools Child Nutrition Program will provide FREE meals for kids and teens this summer at the following library locations.

All East Baton Rouge Parish Library locations are closed today in observance of Memorial Day.
However, the Main Library at Goodwood plaza will still come alive with patriotic music as the Baton Rouge Concert Band performs a free concert at 7 p.m.!
If the weather doesn’t cooperate, the concert will move inside the library.

Last One Out by Jane Harper "Carralon Ridge, a once vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of itself, its houses and buildings bought up and left to rot by the mining company operating at its borders. A decade into its slow death, surrounded by industrial noise and swathed in thick layers of dust, the skeletal town is all but abandoned, with just a handful of residents clinging onto what remains.

After years of scorning those who left the Ridge behind as it fell into ruin, Ro never imagined she'd become one of them. But everything changed when she lost her son. Five years ago, Sam vanished while visiting during a break from college, leaving behind a rental car with his belongings inside. Sam had loved Carralon Ridge, and had been working on an oral history of the town to preserve its legacy before it vanished altogether. It wasn't long after his disappearance that the rest of the family began to crumble away too.

But when Ro returns to Carralon Ridge to be with her husband and daughter on the anniversary of Sam's disappearance, she begins to suspect that something important was overlooked in his case. Because while nothing can stop Carralon Ridge from dying, someone seems to want to make sure that its secrets die with it."

Authors Row is today at the Jones Creek Regional Branch! 📚✨
Meet and greet local authors, discover new books, and support local writers from a variety of genres. Books will be available for purchase and signing throughout the event.