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Tuesday, January 26 at 2:00pm: Community 'Big Read' Book Discussion.
Join us at Novel Ideas as we participate in the Door County Community 'Big Read' to discuss the classic novel “My Antonia” by Willa Cather.
This great American novel tells the story of several immigrant families who move to rural Nebraska. Antonia is the eldest daughter of the Shimerdas and is a bold and free-hearted young woman who becomes the center of narrator Jim Burden's attention. The story has many elements but clearly documents the struggles of the hard-working immigrants that homesteaded the prairies, and does a particularly fine job covering the hardships that women faced in that difficult environment. My Antonia also provides Willa Cather with a platform to make some comments on women's rights while weaving a story where romantic interests are ultimately bandied about by the uncontrolled changes that occur in people's lives. The final book of Willa Cather's prairie trilogy, My Antonia, is considered her greatest accomplishment. My Antonia was first published in 1918.
Willa Siebert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.
Click here to read more about Willa Cather and her novels.
Click here to find out more about Door County's Big Read events. Ongoing: Books for Soldiers Postage Fund Drive Thanks to your generosity, Novel Ideas has hundreds of books ready to be shipped to our deployed men and women in the military. However, we are now in need of monetary donations to cover shipping fees. Receive a free 'advanced reading copy' with any donation OR give a special gift by donating in a friend or family member's name. Please scroll down for more details of the Books for Soldiers program.
Ongoing - 'Books for Soldiers' Donation Drive.
Novel Ideas is shipping new and gently used books to our troops overseas.
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Novel Ideas is proud to announce our membership with 'Books for Soldiers'. First formed about 10 years ago by the Red Grail Church in North Carolina, Books for Soldiers is now a federally approved, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting our soldiers in the military that are currently deployed outside the United States. Books for Soldiers receives no government support and very limited corporate support. It is primarily made possible through the generosity of its members.
We are asking your help in supporting our troops overseas throughout the year by making a donation to help us ship out new or gently used books. Here's how you can help:
- Bring in to Novel Ideas new or gently used books from the genres listed below to donate
- Purchase new books from Novel Ideas at 10% off to donate
- Donate money to be used for book purchases and postage costs. Your cash donation will be used to purchase additional books and help cover the high postage costs.
Five (5) book genres are requested at this time:
Mystery, Thrillers, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and current Best Sellers
Please donate only these types of books that are new or gently used. Novel Ideas reserves the right to refuse your book donation.
Click here for more information on Books for Soldiers by visiting www.booksforsoldiers.com.
Join us this summer for Kids Storytime on Saturdays at 10:30am: We'll be back next summer for book readings, poems and fun! Each Saturday has a different theme.
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