Munising School Public Library News

The Michigan tax forms have arrived! So now we have the Federal tax forms and instructions as well as the state forms- all free for the taking. And as always, if there is a more specific tax form or schedule that you need, we can print via irs.gov or Michigan. gov/taxes for .15 cents per page.

Tail Spinners Story time will meet at the library this coming Monday, Mar. 4th at 10:30 A.M for Read with a Ranger! Preschool aged children and their caregivers are invited to attend this 30-minute activity for ages 7 and under. We are excited to see you and your little one at the library!

Happy Lamb Knitting Club meets this coming Tuesday, Mar. 5th. Knitters and crochet- ers of all skill levels are welcome to attend. Club session runs from 4:00-6:00 P.M.

NEW BOOK: Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili. Saba is just a child when he flees the fighting in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia with his older brother, Sandro, and father, Irakli, for asylum in England. Two decades later, all three men are struggling to make peace with the past, haunted by the places and people they left behind. When Irakli decides to return to Georgia, pulled back by memories of a lost wife and a decaying but still beautiful homeland, Saba and Sandro wait eagerly for news. But within weeks of his arrival, Irakli disappears, and the final message they receive from him causes a mystery to unfold before them: “I left a trail I cannot erase. Do not follow it.” In a journey that will lead him to the very heart of a conflict that has marred generations and fractured his own family, Saba must retrace his father’s footsteps to discover what remains of their homeland and its people. By turns savage and tender, compassionate and harrowing, Hard by a Great Forest is a powerful and ultimately hopeful novel about the individual and collective trauma of war, and the indomitable spirit of a people determined not only to survive, but to remember those who did not. (Provided by publisher).