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Monday Night Page Turners - Upcoming Titles
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Good Night, Irene
by Luis Alberto Urrea
Monday, July 15, 2024 - 7:30 p.m.
After D-Day, two heroic Red Cross women, Irene Woodward and Dorothy Dunford, join the Allied soldiers streaming into France where they are embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, and where Irene learns to trust again through their friendship.
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Hula
by Jasmin 'Iolani Hakes
Monday, September 16, 2024 - 7:30 p.m.
A young daughter of the legendary Hawaiian Naupaka dynasty dreams of healing the rift in her family by competing in and winning the next Miss Aloha Hula contest and proving herself worthy of carrying on her family's name.
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Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys
Monday, October 21, 2024 - 7:30 p.m.
In 1941, Lina and her family are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers.
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Miracle Country: A Memoir
by Kendra Atleework
Monday, November 18, 2024 - 7:30 p.m.
Describes how the author's thriving childhood in the natural desert landscape of the Eastern Sierra Nevada was upended by her mother's tragic early death and how the region of her youth has been ravaged by climate change.
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Our Favorite Picks Party
Special Date Monday, December 9, 2024 - 7:30 p.m. To register, please contact Jessica Frazier at jfrazier@mybpl.org. Register for our end of year party! There's no book discussion this month. Instead, we'll be sharing our favorite picks of the year. A list of all shared titles will be available after the party, so you're sure to find some great book, movie, and TV show recommendations.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
Monday, January 20, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.
In 1792, during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, an English aristocrat known to be an ineffectual fop is actually a master of disguises who, with a small band of dedicated friends, undertakes dangerous missions to save members of the French nobility from the guillotine.
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Penance
by Eliza Clark
Monday, February 17, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.
Nearly 10 years after 16-year-old Joan Wilson was set on fire by three other schoolgirls, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime, drawn from interviews with witnesses and family members, historical research and correspondence with the killers themselves, but wonders how much of the story is true.
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The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters
Monday, March 17, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.
Growing up as the only child of affluent and overprotective parents, Norma, troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination, searches for the truth, leading her to the blueberry fields of Maine, where a family secret is finally revealed.
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last
by Xochitl Gonzalez
Monday, April 21, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.
1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten—certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by privileged students whose futures are already paved out for them, Raquel feels like an outsider. But when Raquel becomes romantically involved with a well-connected older art student, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ranks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds, she stumbles upon Anita’s story, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relationship, which eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist.
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