We may have different reasons for joining Friends of the Deep Valley Libraries but one thing our members and volunteers have in common is our love of books.  We would like to reach out to you and share some of our favorites.  Each month we will feature a new book selected by a different volunteer.  Please check back regularly to find new and exciting books and authors that have touched our hearts and our minds.

Thanks to John Caroway, the feature book is:

The Life You Longed For

by Maribeth Fischer

Grace is the perfect mother and wife. Of her 3 children, her youngest, Jack, is very sick and always in the hospital. Grace is viewed by her family, friends, workers at the hospital, and the townsfolk as caring, devoted, and deeply involved. Maybe too involved. Allegations of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy arise and soon Grace's world is turned upside down. Munchausens is where the parent is accused of purposely making their child sick for attention. Soon even Grace is doubting herself as she hears the charges against her, including the affair she is having with an old boyfriend...