PARSIPPANY — Littleton Elementary School PTA parent Katherine Ferrante decided to set up a free little library at Three Brooklawn Drive. She currently only advertises on her Facebook page and through the Littleton School PTA.
The concept is simple. Just go to the “Little Library” drop off a book and then take one to read. When you are finished reading the book, drop off that book and take another one. The books have been circulating since she started the concept a number of weeks ago.
Some of the books available at the “Free Little Library” are:
The Husbands Secret – Book by Liane Moriarty: Australian author Moriarty, in her fifth novel (after The Hypnotist’s Love Story), puts three women in an impossible situation and doesn’t cut them any slack. Cecilia Fitzpatrick lives to be perfect: a perfect marriage, three perfect daughters, and a perfectly organized life. Then she finds a letter from her husband, John-Paul, to be opened only in the event of his death. She opens it anyway, and everything she believed is thrown into doubt. Meanwhile, Tess O’Leary’s husband, Will, and her cousin and best friend, Felicity, confess they’ve fallen in love, so Tess takes her young son, Liam, and goes to Sydney to live with her mother. There she meets up with an old boyfriend, Connor Whitby, while enrolling Liam in St. Angela’s Primary School, where Cecilia is the star mother.
Trace by Patricia Cornwell: Dr. Kay Scarpetta, having left Richmond, Virginia five years ago to become a freelancer, is asked to return at the request of her replacement, Chief Medical Examiner Joel Marcus. A young girl has been murdered, but very few clues are available. In parallel her niece Lucy is investigating an attack on her companion Henri. Henri has been sent for analysis and safe keeping to stay with Benton Wesley, Scarpetta’s partner. Scarpetta’s investigations are hampered by Marcus’s ineptness and the disarray of her former lab.
The Town That Started the Civil War – Book by Nat Brandt: Anyone interested in nineteenth-century Lorain County history, who has not read Nat Brandt’s The Town that Started the Civil War, should immediately head to the “Free Public Library.” It is a marvelous account, and for someone like me who wants to understand what daily life in Wellington was like during the 1800s, it is a vivid snapshot in time.
Get Out Of Your Mind and Get Into Your Life – by Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a new, scientifically based psychotherapy that takes a fresh look at why we suffer and even what it means to be mentally healthy. What if pain were a normal, unavoidable part of the human condition, but avoiding or trying to control painful experience were the cause of suffering and long-term problems that can devastate your quality of life? The ACT process hinges on this distinction between pain and suffering. As you work through this book, you’ll learn to let go of your struggle against pain, assess your values, and then commit to acting in ways that further those values.
