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“After the Shadows” by Amanda Cabot: Emily Leland sheds no tears when her abusive husband is killed in a bar fight, but what awaits her back home in Sweetwater Crossing is far from the welcome and comfort she expected. First she discovers her father has died under mysterious circumstances. Then the house where the new schoolteacher and his son are supposed to board burns, leaving them homeless. When Emily proposes turning the family home into a boardinghouse, her sister is so incensed that she leaves town. Alone and broke, her family name sullied by controversy, Emily is determined to solve the mystery of her father’s death — and to aid widowed schoolmaster Craig Ferguson, despite her fear of men. Together they must work to unmask a killer and escape the shadows of their own pasts to forge a brighter future.

Adult Non-Fiction

“Stomp and Shout: R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll” by Peter Blecha: Long before the world discovered grunge, the Pacific Northwest already was home to a singular music culture. In the late 1950s, locals had codified a distinct offshoot of rockin’ R&B, and a surprising number of them would skyrocket to success, including Little Bill and the Bluenotes, the Wailers, and Paul Revere and the Raiders. Through interviews, Peter Blecha tells the story of music in the Pacific Northwest from the 1940s to the 1960s, a golden era that shaped generations of musicians to come. Highlighting key but overlooked figures and offering a new look at well-known musicians (such as an obscure guitarist then known as Jimmy Hendrix), Blecha shows how an isolated region launched influential new sounds on an unsuspecting world.

DVD

“The Fabelmans”: Growing up in post-World War II-era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but he soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth. Part memoir, part ode to the power of the movies, “The Fabelmans” finds Steven Spielberg digging at the family roots that helped make him a beloved filmmaker — and proves he hasn’t lost his magic touch.

Juvenile Fiction

“Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story about an Amazing Swimmer” by Lynne Cox: Swim along with Yoshi as this loggerhead sea turtle goes on an incredible journey, from her birth on the beaches of Australia to her time in rehabilitation as the first sea turtle rescued by the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa, and her trek across the Indian Ocean that eventually leads her back home to Australia.

Did you know?

Join actor, author and restauranteur Danny Trejo at 7 p.m. April 4 in a virtual discussion about how he developed a prolific career in the entertainment industry with a hard-earned and atypical road to success. To register for this event, please call Jacksonville Public library for login information or join us in our meeting room for an in-person viewing of the stream.

What do you want to see at your library? Join the Teen Advisory Board to help us make the library a better place for teens! The next meeting is at 5 p.m. Thursday.