Library Notes
December 17, 2004
By Pansy Hundley, Librarian.
You are all aware of the tremendous drug problem that the world faces on all fronts. Well, as bad as I hate to tell you this, those drugs have invaded my family.
Without going into all of the disbelief, the anguish, the amazement, the denial involved in this statement, I’ll just say that my beloved, marvelous son-in-law has become one of those causalities.
Anyone who is familiar with this problem, and, sad to say, many families have faced, and are now facing, this terrible addiction, know how that beloved person turns into someone you don’t know. They are unreachable, no matter how hard you try. They are in that awful, terrible world of addiction and all that’s on their mind is where the next fix is coming from.
This did not just happen overnight, but realization came over a long period of time that something was not right. And gradually the real problem became clearer and clearer, and then it just hits you in the face. So many unanswered questions find answers then, and you are still dumbfounded that such a highly intelligent, good, person can become a part of such a degrading, terrible world where so much danger lies, from so many fronts.
As a final result of this story, and to make a long story short, Suzanne and Cheyenne are moving to Texas. She has a house almost bought in McKinney, with the final closing date, hopefully, already past as you read this.
Suzanne has decided to start college at A&M Commerce and is registered to begin classes on January 14th. Her plans are to become a teacher, probably specializing in Special Ed, where there is a desperate need at this time. And she will make an excellent teacher for these children, I believe.
You will be treated to many stories in regard to this college education in the future, I would expect. Not to mention the stories about this tremendous move that she and I are, and have been, undertaking for the past few weeks.
Suzanne has about 15 hours of college credit she had gotten previously, so when May comes along, she will be a sophomore already. Full charge ahead, I say, as this daughter of mine begins yet another new life for herself and this son she loves so dearly.
So, we’ll end on this very sad note, with great hope for much better things ahead in the future.
We’ll go to Tess Gerritsen and her new book "Body Double" for a change of subject and talk about her latest effort. We have several other books written by her, so that name will be familiar to many.
"Dr. Maura Isles makes her living dealing with death. As a pathologist in a major metropolitan city, she has seen more than her share of corpses every day – many of them victims of violent murder,. But never before has her blood run cold, and never has the grim expression "dead ringer" rung so terrifyingly true. Because never before has the lifeless body on the medical examiner’s table been her own.
Yet there can be no denying the mind-reeling evidence before her shocked eyes and those of her colleagues, including Detective Jane Rizzoli: the woman found shot to death outside Maura’s home is the mirror image of Maura, down to the most intimate physical nuances. Even more chilling is the discovery that they share the same birth date and blood type. For the stunned Maura, an only child, there can be just one explanation. And when a DNA test confirms that Maura’s mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister, an already bizarre murder investigation becomes a disturbing and dangerous excursion into a past full of dark secrets.
Searching for answers, Maura is drawn to a seaside town in Maine, where other horrifying surprises await. But perhaps more frightening, an unknown murderer is at large on a cross-country killing spree. To stop the massacre and uncover the twisted truth about her own roots, Maura must probe her first living subject: the mother that she never knew….an icy and cunning woman who could be responsible for giving Maura life – and who just may have a plan to take it away."