Inside our July issue

In this month’s essay, our Fiction Editor Julie McGuire brushes the sand off her laptop to deal with that all-important question: What books does she bring on vacation? You may want to add a few of them to your list.
    What did nuclear physicists do
    for entertainment?
    What’s a synonym for “thesaurus”?
    How much will $3 trillion buy?
    What does a good daughter do?
    What did Churchill want to invade?

    Our reviews this month will tell you
    the answers.
“Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.”
—Lady Bird Johnson
Right: Cairo, Illinois Public Library
© Lucy Brundrett