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Wednesday Evening Book Club Nov 2025 - Nov 2026 |
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About the Group
The Wednesday Evening Book Club reads a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles selected in advance by the group. Meeting Date and Location - Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm
- Meets the second Wednesday evening of every other month, January-November with some exceptions.
- Main Level Conference Room of the library (unless otherwise noted).
- Please check the library's Events Calendar for specific information.
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store / : A Novel
by James McBride
When a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters—living on the margins of white, Christian America—closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town's white establishment played in it.
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The quiet American
by Graham Greene
An eager American envoy is mysteriously assigned to Saigon during the French occupation of Indochina
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Orbital : a novel
by Samantha Harvey
In an elegy to our humanity, environment and planet, six astronauts, selected for one of the last space station missions, leave their lives behind to travel at a speed of over 17,000 miles an hour to orbit Earth, witnessing the marks of civilization below.
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After the funeral and other stories
by Tessa Hadley
"A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships. In each of these twelve stories, small events have huge consequences"
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Need a Copy of the Book? - Click on any of the titles (or book covers) above to check availability in our catalog.
- Check mrspl.overdrive.com to see if eBook or eAudiobook copies are available.
- Special book group copies for the next month's discussion are also on a first come, first serve basis at each discussion, or email circ@fallschurchva.gov to request a copy.
Staff Contact for this Book Club - Beth Meadows: email | 703-248-5031 (TTY 711)
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Help Support the Library! Many library programs and services are made possible through the generous financial support of the MRSPL Foundation. To learn more about this independent 501(c)(3) organization, please visit mrsplfoundation.org!
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Mary Riley Styles Public Library
120 N. Virginia Ave, Falls Church, Virginia 22046 703-248-5030 (TTY 711) www.mrspl.org
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