Newtown library flooded with grief books after school shooting
The public library in Newtown created a "Books Heal Hearts" program after receiving thousands of donated books from around the country on healing and grief. RNS photo courtesy Ann Marie Somma/HartfordFAVS
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) In the weeks since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and six adults, thousands of books have arrived at the town's public library from all over the country -- from authors, publishers, and ordinary people buying multiple copies of books on Amazon.com that they had found helpful in their grief. By Ann Marie Somma.