Library Announces Community Read

The Tompkins County Public
Library, in partnership with Cornell University’s New Student Reading Project,
has announced the selection of Romain Gary’s “The Life Before Us” as the 2012
Community Read.

An emotionally-energized read, “The
Life Before Us,” offers readers a glimpse into the life of Momo, an orphaned
Arab boy being raised-- along with an ever-changing cast of children of
prostitutes—