September 26, 2025, Press Release from the St. Marys Community Public Library:
Family Story Time Featuring Angie King and Susan Manchester
The St. Marys Community Public Library will be hosting an Evening Story Time Angie King (Ohio House of Representatives) and Susan Manchester (Ohio State Senator) on Monday, October 27th at 6:00 p.m. Manchester and King will read stories geared for ages 6-11. Anyone is welcome to attend.
Check our online calendar at smcpl.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok to make sure you never miss any of the library events. You may call (419) 394-7471 or visit us at 140 South Chestnut Street for more information.
October Book Discussion to be held at the Library
St. Marys Community Public Library is featuring The Spies of Shilling Lane by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan for discussion on Thursday, October 9th, 2025. The discussion will be in the library meeting room from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Mrs. Braithwaite, self-appointed queen of her English village, finds herself dethroned, despised, and dismissed following her husband’s selfish divorce petition. Never deterred, the threat of a family secret being revealed sets her hot-foot to London to find the only person she has left—her clever daughter Betty, who took work there at the first rumbles of war.
But when she arrives, Betty’s landlord, the timid Mr. Norris, informs her that Betty hasn’t been home in days--with the chaos of the bombs, there’s no telling what might have befallen her. Aghast, Mrs. Braithwaite sets her bullish determination to the task of finding her only daughter.
Storming into the London Blitz, Mrs. Braithwaite drags the reluctant Mr. Norris along as an unwitting sidekick as they piece together Betty’s unexpectedly chaotic life. As she is thrown into the midst of danger and death, Mrs. Braithwaite is forced to rethink her old-fashioned notions of status, class, and reputation, and to reconsider the question that’s been puzzling her since her world overturned: How do you measure the success of your life?
Readers will be charmed by the unforgettable Mrs. Braithwaite and her plucky, ruthless optimism, and find in The Spies of Shilling Lane a novel with surprising twists and turns, quiet humor, and a poignant examination of mothers and daughters and the secrets we keep.
Check out a copy of The Spies of Shilling Lane at the library to read before the discussion. The St. Marys Community Public Library is located at 140 S. Chestnut Street. Call the library at (419) 394-7471 or visit online at smcpl.org for more information. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, too.
