by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover....
by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult Mad Honey tells the story of two women who have fled abusive pasts to make a new life in the small town of Adams, New Hampshire. When one is found dead, and the other finds her son accused of the murder, the tense courtroom drama that unfolds...
by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. A pioneering researcher and one of the world’s foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for healing Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their...
by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
Torn Apart by Dorothy Roberts An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change. Available at Lawrence Public Library
by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
Evicted by Matthew Desmond In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Available at Lawrence Public Library
