Welcome to the Bethel Library!
We invite you to come and check out our wonderful array of books and resources for all ages. You can browse our selections on our web-based card catalog! If you are interested in setting up a library account, which is easy and zippy quick, contact library@bethelnorthfield.org and our librarians will send you the link to get started. Checking out a Book 1. Come in, make your inspired selection. 2. Write your name and phone number on the card in the back of the book, and put it in the check-out box. Questions? Our librarians are always happy to help! Email library@bethelnorthfield.org |
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Come and check out this four-book New Hope series by Karen Hasley. What We Carry With Us The inhabitants of New Hope, Nebraska, have done their best to put the Civil War with all its turmoil and devastation behind them. By 1878, the town is prospering. Three daily railroad stops. Groceries, feed and grain, hardware, and leather goods are readily available. Bank, doctor’s office, and barber shop. Its own church and school, preacher and teacher. A civilized community with all the marks of progress. That’s what the hard-working members of the Merchants’ Association believe until the day New Hope’s telegraph agent young Eddie Barts disappears, and suddenly life in New Hope changes. Young widow Ruth Churchill, barber and owner of the town’s finest boarding house, has lived and loved in New Hope for over a decade. She calls it home and its citizen's friends. Five years after the death of her beloved husband, Ruth has managed to find peace and a kind of happiness. But with the disappearance of Eddie Barts, Ruth will find her world and her life turned upside down. Despite all the trappings of civilization, something – someone – evil is hiding in New Hope. For years, unknown to anyone but one relentless searcher, a wicked man of violence and deception has lived behind a mask of respectability. Before his mask is ripped off, Ruth will experience suspicion, doubt, danger, and fear. Her own life will be at risk. Her own heart, too. Because along with terror and grief, comes love. They live side by side. When it’s all over, New Hope, Nebraska, will never be the same. And neither will Ruth. Surprised by Shadows-Book 2, Through Seasons of Fire-Book 3, and A Glimpse and Gone Forever-Book 4. |