The War Memorial Library in Hudson is a non-profit registered charity providing a subscription library of printed and digital materials, primarily in the English language, to the residents of Hudson, Quebec and surrounding communities.Operated by volunteers, the Library is self-financing through membership fees, donations and fund raising activities. The Library in turn donates, to local charities, funds in excess of its own needs.The building and the Library serve as a memorial to those in Hudson who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Monday, July 15, 2013

The Write Stuff - Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout is an American author of fiction. She was born in Portland, Maine, and raised in small towns in Maine and New Hampshire.  It took her almost seven years to write her first novel, Amy and Isabelle, which was published in 1998 to much critical acclaim.  In 2009 Strout was honored with a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Olive Kitteridge Strout draws readers into the details of ordinary life in a way that makes it extraordinary. 
She is married and divides her time between New York and Maine.

The library has all of Strout's books, including her most recent The Burgess Boys. Click here to visit her website.
  

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