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This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga is the ninth book in the 2023 Spring Read. Set in Zimbabwe, it is the story of Tambudzai navigating both job and personal worlds in a country that has been changed by years of conflict and racial divide.

The 2023 Spring Read: In Touch with the World takes a different spin this week with four juvenile or young adult selections from around the world.

This week’s series features The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko. The book is one of the most read Ukrainian book by intellectuals and writers, and although it is lengthy, it holds the status of such classics as War and Peace.

The non-fiction book Made in China: A Prisoner, and SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang is a must read. I’m Melany Wilks, Library Director of the Pioneer Memorial Library, and book club leader for one of our book clubs.

This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The book is “Made in China” by Amelia Pang.

For the HPPR Reader’s Book Club, this is Phillip Periman in Amarillo, Texas reviewing “The Little Prince” by Antoine Saint-Exupéry.

Let’s talk about crime, the chase, the human heart and some excellent writing by best selling author Norwegian Jo Nesbo (You(g) Nes-buh). Or as he’s introduced to English speaking readers, Jo Nesbo. Nesbo.

The Little Prince has captured hearts since it was published in 1943. It explores the relationship between a downed pilot and a little boy who comes from a small asteroid where he lived alone until a rose grew there. What follows is a thoughtful exploration of love and the ephemeral.

Luke discusses predators and predator control.

In “Made in China,” Amelia Pang tells us what happens to individuals caught in a complex tangle of responsibilities, corporate practices and relationships and the treatment of human beings across the world.