First Freedom : The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth written by Angélique Roché is an autobiographical graphic novel that tells the story of activist Opal Lee. This is a unique graphic novel that covers Opal’s personal history, as well as the history of the Juneteenth holiday.
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New Mental Health Nonfiction
Exploring brain science, trauma, and resilience, the below collection of new nonfiction about mental health is available at the Davenport Public Library. While this isn’t a complete list of all new mental health nonfiction available, we hope the below will be helpful. As of this writing, all of these titles are owned by the Davenport Public Library. Descriptions are provided by the publishers.
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Epistolary Novels
If The Correspondent by Virginia Evans stirred your interest in epistolary novels, we have the list for you. Epistolary novels are novels that are written in letters, correspondence, or documents, such as journal or diary entries, emails, or postcards. Below you will find a sampling of epistolary novels that, as of this writing, are all owned by the Davenport Public Library. Descriptions are provided by the publishers.
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The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
“You have to get out there and seize life with both hands, Nono,’ he used to say when he closed the pages and kissed her goodnight. ‘After all, no one writes books about characters who sit around waiting for life to happen to them.”
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― Freya Sampson, The Busybody Book Club