LOSFA (Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance) will meet at the main library in Ville Platte on Thursday, August 1st at 4 pm, to offer an information event called “The Geaux FAFSA Tour”. This event is for parents and students who need help with their FASFA or would like to learn more about Financial Aid options.  This event is free to the public. Please share this good news!

At last! The groundbreaking for the new Basile Branch library on July31st was incredible! The town really came out to celebrate the moment! Pictured left to right: Engineer Ronnie Landreneau, Basile Board member Faye Langley, Engineer Bill Fontenot, Board President Sandra Salazar, Mayor Mark Denette, Board member Rella Joseph, Board member Gaynelle Coates, State Librarian Meg Placke, Asistant Director Wesley Saunders, Basile Branch manager Sherry Bergeron, and Library Co-manager Suzy Lemoine. Keep an eye out for the next edition of the Basile Weekly for more pictures and details of the event.

Please join us for a groundbreaking event at the NEW Basile Branch Library property on Wednesday, July 31st @ 10 am. Light refreshments will follow at the current library located at 3036 Stagg Ave. Please share this good news!

A timeless comedy of manners–refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside–about a generation of young women facing the seismic changes brought on by war and dreaming of the boundless possibilities of their future, from the bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

Whip-smart and utterly transportive, The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club is historical fiction of the highest order: an unforgettable coming-of-age story, a tender romance, and a portrait of a nation on the brink of change.

And across the sea in Ireland…

Rainey’s grandmother makes a startling request: Take me home. To Ireland, the country she fled post-World War II. Though they’re inseparably close, Rainey knows few of her grandmother’s secrets. Until they arrive at Aisling–the majestic estate on the southern coast of Ireland where her grandmother was raised–and Rainey discovers a collection of seventy-year-old letters in a trunk.

Dublin, 1945. The Germans surrender, celebrants crowd the streets, and fourteen-year-old Evie meets her best friend, the spirited Harding McGovern. Years on, they are more like sisters when rumors begin that Harding works in the black market trade–a source of wealth that could give her a dream life in America but could also cause great danger. Evie is uncertain of the truth but will stand by Harding, whatever the cost.

As Rainey uses the letters to reunite her grandmother with the past, what unfolds is a never-forgotten story of family, friendship, and love, and the healing that comes from letting go of secrets.