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Book Discussions, Book Talks, Author Visits


Novel Conversations

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Leader: Mary Schons

Date: first Monday* of each month at 6:30 p.m.

(*If the first Monday is a holiday, the discussion is held on the second Monday.)

Information is at 931-5100, Ext. 327.

May 6: The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver

An evangelical Baptist takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959 in this suspenseful epic of one family's undoing and reconstruction over three decades in postcolonial Africa.

June 3: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein

Enzo the dog tries to bring together a family torn apart by a three-year custody battle.

July 1: Before I Go to Sleep, by Steven J. Watson

An amnesiac who can't remember her husband starts a diary to jog her memory.

She writes three terrifying words in her diary, but what do they mean, and who can she trust?

Aug. 5: The Distant Hours, by Kate Morton.

A letter posted in 1941 finally reaches its destination in 1992, with powerful repercussions for a London book editor.


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