Tag: Seldovia Public Library
Author Event: My Heart is Good with Josh Wisniewski
Discover the landmark Boldt Decision and tribal fisheries through Ron Charles’ story with Josh Wisniewski. March 14, 4 PM!
Library Now Open Four Days a Week!
The library is now open four days a week, including Mondays! Want to help keep it running? Volunteer today!
Join local author Judith Lethin for a lively discussion of A Wonderful-Terrible God
Explore faith, humor, and wisdom from Alaska Native traditions!
Friendly conversation and discussion about this book. Everyone is welcome! We have four copies available for checkout, or purchase your own copy at a 10% discount from the Homer Bookstore. (Be sure to mention it’s for book club.)
A Wonderful-Terrible God — In The Light of Love, There Is No Darkness: A Journey of Spiritual Awakening in Native Alaska by The Rev. Judith W. Lethin
Judith Lethin’s tremendous spirit, love for all beings, humor, and compassion fill her memoir like a cup of communion wine. Her stories—which flow from her ‘cowgirl’ beginnings to her community service as a healer to her long devotion as “church lady” along the lower Yukon River—are infused with wisdom learned from Alaska Native elders and cultural practices, A Wonderful-Terrible God is a book about faith that is, at its heart, an exploratory and rewarding journey into the many ways of knowing.
—Nancy Lord, author of Fishcamp and Beluga Days, former Alaska Writer Laureate
Book Club Night at the Seldovia Library
Join us for a friendly, welcoming discussion of The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo a rich, mysterious story woven with folklore and history. Everyone is welcome, whether you’ve read every page or are just curious!
Don’t Miss the Library Board Meeting!
Curious about library plans or just want to see what’s happening? The public is welcome, so come join us!
Book Club: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (Live Zoom with the Author!)
Friendly conversation and discussion about this book. Everyone is welcome! We have one copy available for checkout, or purchase your own copy at a 10% discount from the Homer Bookstore. (Be sure to mention it’s for book club.)
Topic: Seldovia Library Book Club
Time: Feb 5, 2026 06:30 PM Alaska
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The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Manchuria, 1908.
In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes, which are believed to lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful women and handsome men. Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman’s identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they’ve remained tantalizingly out of reach—until, perhaps, now.
Meanwhile, a family who owns a famous Chinese medicine shop can cure ailments but can’t escape the curse that afflicts them—their eldest sons die before their twenty-fourth birthdays. When a disruptively winsome servant named Snow enters their household, the family’s luck seems to change—or does it?
Snow is a creature of many secrets, but most of all she’s a mother seeking vengeance for her lost child. Hunting a murderer, she will follow the trail from northern China to Japan, while Bao follows doggedly behind. Navigating the myths and misconceptions of fox spirits, both Snow and Bao will encounter old friends and new foes, even as more deaths occur.
New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection. Epic in scope and full of singular, unforgettable characters, The Fox Wife is a stunning novel about old loves and second chances, the depths of maternal love, and ancient folktales that may very well be true.
