LW Library Leads

In Library Leads, Library staff highlight new additions to the library collection that are worth checking out.

“The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife” by Anna Johnston Genre: Relationship fiction

Eighty-two-year-old Frederick Fife, kind at heart, is desperately lonely, broke and on the brink of homelessness until a case of mistaken identity lands him in a nursing home where he learns about a man’s past and how he can return a life in better condition than he found it.

“Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II” by Elyse Graham Genre: Historical Non-Fiction

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies and invented modern spycraft tells how they were able to change the course of World War II and help defeat the Nazis.

People can stop by the LW Library, located next to Veterans Plaza, from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on weekdays and until 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays to borrow these items and more.

To place an item on hold, call ahead at 562-598-2431.