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Brave Nicky speaks up for victims

NICKY Jones has endured a great deal of pain, yet is prepared to take on more to see that justice is done.
Don't cut short rape attacker's sentence!

A MORAY woman has waived her right to anonymity to protest at the possible early release from prison of the man who repeatedly raped her.

Nicky Jones was just 13 when Karl Roberts began abusing her.

Elgin Library Reading Group

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier

This months’ meeting had the Reading Group discussing two books by American authors with the inter-linking theme of the last days of the Native American Indian.

Charles Frazier’s Thirteen Moons is the story of one man’s remarkable life, spanning a century of relentless change. At the age of twelve, Will Cooper is given a horse, a key, and a map and is sent on a journey through the wilderness to the edge of the Cherokee Nation. Will is a bound boy, obliged to run a remote Indian trading post. As he fulfils his lonesome duty, Will finds a father in Bear, a Cherokee chief, and is adopted by him and his people, developing relationships that ultimately forge Will’s character. All the while, his love of Claire, the enigmatic charge of volatile and powerful Featherstone, will forever rule Will’s heart. A captivating read, giving a surprising insight into the changing world of the Native American Indian during the end of the nineteenth beginning of the twentieth century

The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins

The Shadow Catcher combines elements of post-modern and historical fiction, memoir, and travelogue to explore two stories. The first depicts the relationship between famed early 20th century photographer Edward Curtis, who made his reputation taking photographs of Native Americans, and his long-suffering wife, Clara. The second examines the author's own life. Through coincidence and attention to the power of place and history, Wiggins connects the two threads as she moves from a Hollywood pitch meeting with filmmakers interested in her version of the Curtis story to a Las Vegas hospital room, where she confronts a man who has assumed the identity of her deceased father. A riveting novel written as if the author was just chatting to the reader, yet conveying a sense of historic interest and modern emotion!

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