MAY BOOK CLUB NEWS
Book Club will meet in the FRIENDS MEETING ROOM on the PLAZA
The Glassmaker
by Tracy Chevalier
Our May book selection
by Tracy Chevalier

From the height of Renaissance-era Italy to the present day, this spellbinding novel follows Orsola Rosso and her family of glassblowers as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, and how through every era, the Rosso women ensure their work, and their bonds, endure.
 
Information about the book:
 
Reading Guide from Penguin Random House Publishers.
 
Blog post from the Corning Museum of Glass written by Tracy Chevalier.
 
Interview with Tracy Chevalier about the book.
 
History of Venetian Glass in the 15th and 16th Century.
 
Barbarians, Banishment and Beauty: The Unlikely Story Behind Murano Glass
 
LitHub interview with the author.
 
History of Murano glass, Venetian glass.
 
The Black Death in Venice: Doctor Masks to Plague Columns
 
 Put these great MAY programs
on your calendar!!
Learn what to say to teenagers and the dangers vaping poses.
 
Please share this program with any interested parties!!
 
 
We will be making takeaway craft kits for a summer camp for foster kids!
 
Come learn all about Improv and see a professional troupe perform!
Adult Summer Reading giveaways & signup!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wandering Stars
by Tommy Orange
our June 5th book selection
Our 2025 Book Selections!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hoover Public Library
200 Municipal Dr., Hoover, Alabama 35216
205-444-7800
https://www.hooverlibrary.org