The Ainsworth Public Library has announced the book selection for the October read. We are happy to say that the title will be the One Book One Nebraska 2022 book by Nebraska author Jonis Agee. “The Bones of Paradise” is a multi-generational family saga, set in the unforgiving Nebraska Sandhills in the years following the massacre at Wounded Knee—an ambitious tale of history, vengeance, race, guilt, betrayal, family, and belonging, filled with a vivid cast of characters shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land. We have extra copies available for readers to checkout. Stop by the library and get your copy.
The author was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up in Nebraska and Missouri, places where many of her stories and novels are set. She was educated at The University of Iowa (BA) and The State University of New York at Binghamton (MA, PhD). She is Adele Hall Professor of English at The University of Nebraska, where she teaches creative writing and twentieth-century fiction. She has won many awards. They include three books chosen as New York Times Notable Books, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Nebraska Book Award, Nebraska Arts Council Merit Award, Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship in Fiction, Loft McKnight Award of Distinction, and Editor’s Choice Award from Foreword Magazine.
This author will be speaking at our library on October 20th at 5 p.m. The Humanities Nebraska program is titled Bones of Paradise: A Novel Examined. We hope that you can attend this event and meet this Nebraska author.
