The library will be CLOSED Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26, 2025, in observance of Memorial Day.
Beautyland, a wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth, communicates with her extraterrestrial relatives via a fax machine to report on the oddities of Earthlings.
According to Kirkus Reviews: A coming-of-age story in which the main character is, literally, out of this world. In Earth year 1977, Adina Giorno is born to a woman destined to be a single mother. And Adina is actually otherworldly, an alien life form from a planet 300,000 light-years away, sent to infiltrate human society and “take notes.” Fasten your seatbelts readers, you're in for one heck of a ride.
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Westlake Porter Public Library is an independent public library serving the residents of the city of Westlake, western Cuyahoga County and eastern Lorain County. The library is located at 27333 Center Ridge Road in Westlake, Ohio. Anyone who lives, works, owns property, or goes to school in Ohio can register for a free library card.
