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Marshfield, MA 02050
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Book Groups at Ventress Memorial Library
 Fall 2023
 
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Book Groups at Ventress Memorial Library Fall 2023
Contemporary Book Group
Nonfiction Book Group
Un-Book Group
Greetings, book lovers!
You are receiving this newsletter because you've signed up for or participated in past book group events. This quarterly newsletter features upcoming picks and meeting times. Selections for the Nonfiction and Contemporary Book Groups will be available to pick up at the Check Out Desk a month in advance, and many are also available on Hoopla and Overdrive (or Libby). Want to know more about book selections? Click on a title below to learn more!
 
Questions? Email Erica at eruscio@marshfield.ocln.org!
 
Contemporary Book Group
Join our monthly Contemporary Book Group for an engaging discussion on a wide range of new titles selected by the members! We meet the second Wednesday of every month from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
 
September 13, 2023
A new widow starts working at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, where she forms a special bond with a giant Pacific octopus who holds the key to solving the disappearance of her teen son Erik, over thirty years ago on the Puget Sound.
October 11, 2023
Forced into retirement, a former with no friends, family or hobbies, forms a brave plan to start truly living, seek the happiness he's always denied himself and find the courage to look for the man he loved and lost but has never forgotten.
November 8, 2023
Two women living one hundred years apart who experience similar tragic losses of love--Clara's in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, and Taryn's in the collapse of the Twin Towers--are connected through time by a scarf.
 
Nonfiction Book Group
Join our monthly Nonfiction Book Group for a lively discussion on a wide range of nonfiction titles selected by the members! We meet the first Tuesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
 
September 5, 2023
A reflection on George Orwell's passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants illuminates his work as a writer and antifascist, and on the intertwined politics of nature and power.
October 3, 2023
A young poet reflects on his 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States when he was nine years old, during which he was faced with perilous boat trips, desert treks, pointed guns, and more.
November 7, 2023
An evaluation of the complicated relationship between Louisa May Alcott and her father, and a story of how the celebrated author eventually came to support her family through writing. 

Un-Book Group
Looking to connect with other readers but don't always like the selected titles? Want to join a book club but don't always have the time to read the whole book? Join our Un-Book Group! Members may read titles that fit each month's optional theme (or not) and share what they read (rather than all discussing the same book). All kinds of books are welcome for discussion. We meet the last Tuesday of each month from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
 
September 26, 2023
It's back to school season! This month's optional theme is Academia. Chalkboards, professors, libraries, school rivalries... what's not to love?
Suggested Book List
 
October 24, 2023
This month's optional theme is Spooky Season. Find a chilling read! From classic horror to witchy rom-coms and everything in-between.
Suggested Book List
November 28, 2023
This month's optional theme is Cookbooks. Flipping through a cookbook is fun, but have you ever read one cover to cover? Pick one and try a recipe!
Suggested Book List
 
To place a hold, click on the cover and go to our online catalog. 
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15 Library Plaza
Marshfield, MA 02050
781-834-5535

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