Adult Book Club: The Warmth of Other Suns
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 Warmth of Other Suns
April, Wednesday 17 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
The story of the Great Migration, the movement of Black Americans out of the Southern United States to the Midwest, Northeast, and West from approximately 1915 to 1970
Contact: Amber/Hope
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New Adult Book Club: Love From Scratch
Are you a new adult? Are you a mom needing a break? Do you want to make new girl friends? Most importantly do you love to read? If any of that applies to you please Join us for a brand new book club at the library!
New Adult Book Club
January 22nd, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Kiwanis Room
Our very first discussion will be on
Love From Scratch
by Kaitlyn Hill
Reese’s plan to keep work a No Feelings Zone crumbles like a day-old muffin when she and Benny are thrown together for a video shoot that goes viral, making them the internet’s newest ship…
Books & Brews
Books & Brews is a BYOB (bring your own book) Book Club. Each month, our facilitator will choose a reading theme for the group and the following month readers will have a chance to share new or old favorites in a round-robin style discussion. Read solo or pair up, this book club is great for both casual and avid readers alike!…
Ethics Book Club: The Giver
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: Tender is the Night
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!
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night, semiautobiographical novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1934. It is the story of a psychiatrist who marries one of his patients; as she slowly recovers, she exhausts his vitality until he is, in Fitzgerald’s words, un homme épuisé (“a used-up man”).
Trigger Warning: Mental Illness, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Racial Slurs, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun Violence, Murder, Homophobia
Contact: Amber/Hope
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Adult Book Club: The Nickel Boys
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 Nickel Boys
Describes life in a reform school from the point of view of young Black teenager. Whitehead based Nickel Academy on the real life Dozier School, a Florida facility that ran for over a century, until a university investigation publicized its racist and abusive practices.
Trigger Warning: Racism, Child Abuse, Physical Abuse, Sexual Assault
Contact: Amber/Hope/Tammy
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