Join librarian Chelsea Heisler & fellow book club members for an in-person chat about This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger. This Tender Land is the unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression (Amazon). Available in regular print, large print, & audio through MeL. […]
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede recounts “when 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000…(an) inspiring story […]
Join librarian Chelsea Heisler & fellow book club members for an in-person chat about Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is “an immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China” (Amazon). Available in regular print, large print, & audiobook through MeL. […]
We all have opinions when we read a book & view a movie based on that book. Read Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella & then meet up with Heritage Commons' Read It & See It Book Club to watch Field of Dreams. A discussion will follow led by YourMDL library assistant & movie buff Josh […]
“Campbell, who lives outside Kalamazoo, MI, is one of American fiction’s leading voices about rural life: the struggle to make a living, the beauty of the wild environment, the thorny & sometimes violent relationships between men & women, & the economic & industrial pressures that threaten everything…” (Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Join your local […]
We all have opinions when we read a book & view a movie based on that book. Read Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly & then meet up with Heritage Commons' Read It & See It Book Club to watch the film. A discussion will follow led by YourMDL library assistants & movie buffs Josh […]
“The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patiences, & red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust & solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, & her only connection […]
Join Head of Programming Shauna Swantek & fellow book club members for an in-person chat about True Biz, a novel by Sara Nović. True Biz is a New York Times Bestseller & Reese’s Book Club Pick. It is a “tender, beautiful & radiantly outraged (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year […]
“A heartwarming mystery with a lovable oddball at its center (Real Simple), this cozy whodunit introduces a one-of-a-kind heroine who will steal your heart” (Amazon). Join Library Director Angela Semifero & fellow book club members for an in-person chat about The Maid by Nita Prose. The novel is a #1 New York Times Bestseller, Good […]
"To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass & the trees, to see the colors & the light--these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives […]
Join Librarian Chelsea Heisler & fellow book club members for an in-person chat about The Princess Bride, a classic tale of adventure & true love by William Goldman. "Rich in character & satire, the novel is set in 1941 & framed cleverly as an 'abridged' retelling of a centuries-old tale set in the fabled country […]
