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Books in the Afternoon
Book Discussion Group

Join us for lively discussions of contemporary fiction! All are welcome. Discussions are free and open to the public. No registration is necessary.

Discussions are held on the third Thursday of the month from
1 to 2 p.m. and again from 6 to 7 p.m. in Large Print Room on the First Floor of the Main Library.

 

Upcoming Discussions:

November 19, 1-2 pm
November 19, 6-7 pm

Tatiana de Rosnay's
Sarah's Key
On the 60th anniversary of the 1942 roundup of Jews by the French police in the Vel d'Hiv section of Paris, American journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article on this dark episode during World War II and embarks on an investigation that leads her to long-hidden family secrets and to the ordeal of Sarah, a young girl caught up in the raid.
 
December 17, 1-2 pm
December 17, 6-7 pm

Audrey Niffenegger's
The Time Traveler's Wife
Passionately in love, Clare and Henry vow to hold onto each other and their marriage as they struggle with the effects of Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a condition that casts Henry involuntarily into the world of time travel.
 

Book descriptions are taken from Novelist, copyright 2009 EBSCO Publishing