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December 2007
Volume 33 Issue 9

Books Adapted as Movies

Have you enjoyed the movie, but never read the book it is based upon? Here are just a few books and descriptive videos we have available for you at the library.

Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Dorothea Mortenson Landon. RC 46020
Anna Leonowens, an Anglo-Indian widow hired in 1862 to serve as governess to the children and concubines of the King of Siam found the contrasts between the exotic Orient and Victorian Great Britain striking. Landon recounts Leonowen’s five years of adventures and confrontations. This book inspired the Broadway musical "The King and I." Descriptive video available "The King and I" DVO10138.

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. RC 56114
Anne, an 11-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on Prince Edward Island farm in Canada. There she proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Complete and unabridged text. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Descriptive video available DVO10142.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells. RC 45768
At forty, Sidda Walker is a famous theater director whose life spirals downward after a "New York Times" interview implies that her mother, Vivi, was a child abuser. Vivi immediately disowns Sidda, but the Ya-Yas (Vivi’s longtime friends) intervene. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Descriptive video available DVO10263.

Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand. RC 51968
Recounts the rise of an "undersized, crooked-legged" thoroughbred horse who in 1938 was the year’s number-one newsmaker over Franklin Roosevelt, Adolph Hitler, and Lou Gehrig. Hillenbrand tells Seabiscuit's story through the three men who made a long shot into a winner: owner Charles Howard, trainer Tom Smith, and jockey Red Pollard. Bestseller. Descriptive video available DVO10283.

We have Descriptive Videos available for check-out. For a complete listing of movie titles and to place an order, please call us at 1-888-263-0769 or 706-236-4618

Support Group for People with Visual Impairments, sponsored by the Georgia Council of the Blind will be meeting Friday, August 26, 2005 at 11:00 am in the Etowah Room of the Rome-Floyd County Library. For more information please call Marsha Farrow at 706-857-4221 or Christina Holtzclaw at 706-314-0008

Bright Eyes Blind and Low Vision Support Group of Carroll County will be holding a meeting Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 11am in the Family Life Center of Bethany Christian Church, Carrollton, GA. The guest speaker will be Sgt. Bobby Patterson. Sgt. Patterson will be speaking on the topic of identity theft. For more information please call Kevin Brown at 770-214-8803 or 770-289-1734 or email at brighteyes@charter.net

National Federation of the Blind-Rome will be meeting Tuesday, August 16, 2005 from 3:00-4:00pm at Disability Link, 411 Broad Street, Rome, GA. For more information please call Tonya Clayton at 706-232-3111.

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