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Our casual lunchtime book club meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month to discuss a variety of fiction and nonfiction, and to share a love of reading.
This fall, we will meet in person at the library at 11:00 AM, and virtually on Zoom at 12:30 PM. Please choose the mode that works for you. Books are available at the Checkout Desk any time after the previous discussion. If the library is closed, only the Zoom discussion will take place. |
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September 8Please join us at the library for discussion at 11:00 AM,
or, join us on Zoom for a second discussion at 12:30 PM. 
MAID:
HARD WORK, LOW PAY, AND A MOTHER'S WILL TO SURVIVE by Stephanie Land At 28, Stephanie Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and with a tenacious grip on her dream to provide her daughter the very best life possible, Stephanie worked days and took classes online to earn a college degree, and began to write relentlessly. Maid explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them. Land's compassionate, unflinching writing as a journalist gives voice to the "servant" worker, and those pursuing the American Dream from below the poverty line. Maid is Stephanie's story, but it's not hers alone. It is an inspiring testament to the strength, determination, and ultimate triumph of the human spirit. |
October 13Please join us at the library for discussion at 11:00 AM,
or, join us on Zoom for a second discussion at 12:30 PM. 
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW
by Amor Towles A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in an elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery. Brimming with humour, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavour to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose. |
Upcoming Titles
November 10
TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY: In Search of America by John Steinbeck |
December 8
OPEN SEASON by C. J. Box |