July/August Newsletter
Our July/August 2020 newsletter is now available! View the PDF here. Don't forget to check out our Children's Programs as well!
Librarian’s Pick: Sex and Vanity – Kevin Kwan
"The title of bestselling author Kevin Kwan’s blazingly fun new novel is a bit of a misnomer: There’s very little sex. But that’s not what we go to the author of Crazy Rich Asians for, is it? What Kwan consistently delivers—and does so again in Sex and Vanity—are...
Librarian’s Pick: How We Fight For Our Lives – Saeed Jones
"Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a...
Librarian’s Pick” On Ocean Boulevard – Mary Alice Monroe
"It’s been sixteen years since Caretta “Cara” Rutledge has returned home to the beautiful shores of Charleston, South Carolina. Over those years, she has weathered the tides of deaths and births, struggles and joys. And now, as Cara prepares for her second wedding,...
Librarian’s Pick: Big Summer – Jennifer Weiner
"Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favor to ask. Daphne hasn’t spoken one word to Drue in all this time—she doesn’t even...
Owl’s Nest Review: Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
Snap’s town has a witch. Well, no one knows for sure if Jacks is really a witch, but people think she’s weird. People also think that Snap is weird. She doesn’t fit in at school and doesn’t have many friends, which is fine by her. Snap would much rather spend time...
Library Reopening Announcement
THE LIBRARY IS RE-OPENING FOR CONTACT-LESS PICKUP ON JUNE 29TH We are happy to announce that beginning on Monday, June 29, 2020, the Westbury Memorial Public Library will offer contact-less pickup on weekdays, Monday through Friday, from 9:30 am - 8:30 pm. To reserve...
Owl’s Nest Review: Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
In a case of mistaken identity, Yumi is living a double life as herself and as Kay. The real Yumi doesn’t fit in at her private school, helps out at her family's Korean BBQ restaurant and has secret ambitions to be a stand up comic. As Kay, she is part of a comedy day...
Owl’s Nest Review: Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
During the Great Depression, Ellie’s family moved to Echo Mountain to live off the land, leaving the life they knew behind. After a terrible accident, Ellie’s father is left unconscious and her family has to struggle in the woods without him. Not willing to just sit...
Librarian’s Pick: Sigh, Gone – Phuc Tran
"With Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In, Phuc Tran has written the great punk rock immigrant story. Or should that be the definitive refugee punk rock story? Or a story about how punk rock and great books helped a...