Peach Public Libraries
Release for immediate release
Gilda Stanbery , Director
315 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Fort Valley, GA 31030
Home Page: http://www.peach.public.lib.ga.us/
TO: All Media Outlets
Press
Phone (478) 825-1640
DATE: November 21, 2007
Best Opening Lines: The American Book Review has put together a list of “Best Book Opening Lines” for all time.
Recognize these?
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 1984 was written by George Orwell in 1949.
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a
violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
Paul Clifford was written by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton in 1830.
124 was spiteful. Beloved was written by Toni Morrison in 1987.
All this happened, more or less. Slaughterhouse-Five was written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1969.
You better not never tell nobody but God. The Color Purple was written by Alice Walker in 1982.
Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.
Waiting was written by Ha Jin in 1999.
Donate Food & Reduce Library Fines at Peach Public Libraries; Nov. 15 – Dec. 15 2007
If you owe library fines at Peach Public Libraries, this is your opportunity to donate nonperishable food
items, November 15 – December 15, 2007, that will help local families during the holidays. You can have
$1 removed from your fine for each item you donate (up to $20). For example, one can of vegetables or
soup equals $1 taken off your library fines (up to $20).
Do not wait! Peach Public Libraries’ “Food for Fines” ends December 15th. Bring nonperishable food items
to either Thomas Public Library (478-825-1640), 315 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Fort Valley or Byron
Public Library (478-956-2200), 105 West Church Street.
Thomas Public Library is open Mondays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesdays through Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Byron Public Library is open Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Santa suit available call the library for details. 825.1640 or 956.2200.
Books to Movies: “ELIZABETH I” Legend has it that Elizabeth Tudor was sitting under an oak tree, at Hatfield House, when courtiers paid her a visit on November 17, 1558. The men had been dispatched to advise the princess that she was now Queen of Britain. The time in which she ruled is known as the Elizabethan Age. One of her most important achievements was the defeat of the Spanish Armada, thirty years after her coronation.
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Thomas Public Library
Byron Public Library
315 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Fort Valley, GA 31030
105 West Church St. Byron, GA 31008
Phone (478) 825-1640
Phone (478) 956-2200