New Adult Book Club: Holiday/Christmas
If you are a new adult, a parent in need of a break, interested in making new friends, and most importantly, a book lover, we invite you to join us for an exciting New Adult Book Club! Every 3rd Friday!
New Adult Book Club
December 27th, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
See Reference or email [email protected] for location!
In December, you will have the opportunity to select your own book to bring to the book club and share your thoughts on what you read.
Theme: Holiday/Christmas…
Adult Book Club: The Frozen River
Join the discussion at Adult Book Club every second Monday of the month. Celebrating 25 years, you won’t want to miss out on great discussions, voting, and good company!
Contact: Amber/Hope
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The Frozen River
by: Ariel Lawhon
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen—one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.
Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.
Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon’s newest offering introduces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day.…
Adult Book Club: The Wind Knows My Name
Join the discussion at Adult Book Club every second Monday of the month. Celebrating 25 years, you won’t want to miss out on great discussions, voting, and good company!
The Wind Knows My Name
by: Isabel Allende
Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht—the night their family lost everything. Samuel’s mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to the United Kingdom, which he boarded alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.
Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz, a blind seven-year-old girl, and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. However, their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination she created with her sister back home.
Anita’s case is assigned to Selena Duran, a young social worker who enlists the help of a promising lawyer from one of San Francisco’s top law firms. Together they discover that Anita has another family member in the United States: Leticia Cordero, who is employed at the home of now eighty-six-year-old Samuel Adler, linking these two lives.
Spanning time and place, The Wind Knows My Name is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers—and never stop dreaming.
Contact: Amber/Hope
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Cookbook Book Club: Cravings
A Cookbook Club embodies the joy of friends coming together around a table, united by a love for scrumptious food and engaging conversations.
Some members have a deep passion for cooking and baking, while others are in the process of learning these skills.
At our gatherings, we present our culinary masterpieces, savor tasty dishes, participate in enjoyable discussions, and craft unforgettable moments.
October: Cravings By Chrissy Teigen…
Ethics Book Club
Join us at the Ethics Book Club! Each month, Hillman Interns from The Janet Prindle Institute of Ethics and guest DePauw University professors will discuss readings that explore ethical dilemmas and themes. You don’t want to miss examining classic and contemporary literature!…
Adult Book Club: None of This is True
Join the discussion at Adult Book Club every second Monday of the month. Celebrating 25 years, you won’t want to miss out on great discussions, voting, and good company!
Contact: Amber/Hope
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None of This is True
By: Lisa Jewell
Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins.
A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie has been listening to Alix’s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.
Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home.
Who is Josie Fair? And what has she done? …
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday & Saturday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday: Closed