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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! |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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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! |
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