Rhoose Library

A recent refurbishment provided the library with accessible toilet and baby changing facilities, an improved exterior facade and resurfaced car park.

Accessibility

The small car park has a designated disabled parking bay. Access to the building is via automatic doors (using a push pad) and there is a sharp turn right inside a small foyer area. A hearing loop is installed at the library.

What we've got to offer

Rhoose is the largest of the village branches in the Vale. The library is well used by the community and by children from Rhws Primary School next door. There are 4 PCs connected to the internet. Clap and Tap sessions are organised for pre-school children.

Sale of Withdrawn Library Books

Rhoose Library holds two Big Book Sales every year selling off old library stock. It's a good place to pick up a paperback for your holiday or some bedtime stories for your children - and lots more besides.

Next Sale:

Rhoose Readers

Have you ever considered belonging to a Reading Group? The one in Rhoose has been active for some months, and new members are always welcome. Here are three good reasons to join:

• An opportunity to meet others
• A chance to share and to talk about books and reading
• A prospect of trying authors and books you might normally overlook

* There are currently a couple of vacancies for new members. Speak to the librarian for further details

January 9th meeting:             

The Girls by Lori Lansens

Some members admitted to felling reticent to read the novel because they were not comfortable with the subject of conjoined twins being used as a topic for a fiction. In fact, one member did not read the book because of this. While it was agreed that the subject was treated with empathy and sensitivity, it was noted that the basic details were inspired by real conjoined twins, Lori and Reba Schappell.

The format of the book is that of a fictional autobiography, with the girls having their own voices in their story. Some readers found they forgot whilst reading that it was a fiction as it felt more like a non-fiction memoir. Most liked the book, but could not claim to enjoy it; however a couple did find it a good read with some humorous moments. There were however a few inconsistencies in the way Lansen treated the apparent mind-reading closeness of the twins against obvious things happening to a twin that the other had no knowledge of. The portrayal of the Slovaks was considered by the group to be almost racist in that they were shown as inaccurate stereotypes – grasping superstitious, educationally and socially backward. The readers also considered the twins’ trip to Slovakia a logistical impossibility.

Because of the autobiographical style, the narrative does switch time-lines quite a bit and the reader is sometimes unsure as to what age the girls are at various points in the story. Some members also felt Lansens diverted towards irrelevancies frequently in the book.

Currently reading:           

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Next meeting February 6th, 5.30 at the library

Previous books read by the group:

Deaf Sentence by David Lodge

Room by Emma Donoghue

The Road Home by Rose Tremain

The Thief of Time - John Boyne

The Congress of Rough Riders by John Boyne

Revelation by CJ Sansome

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell

Secret River by Kate Grenville

The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

Contact

Address:

Fontygary Road,

Rhoose,

CF62 3DS 

Tel: (01446) 710220

E-mail: RhooseLibrary@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

How to find the library: Map and Directions