Celebrate the approach of Banned Books Week with a discussion of one of the American Library Association's most challenged books of 2022, Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison, with librarian Chelsea Heisler & fellow book club members. A coming-of-age novel about a young man working on a landscaping crew & pursuing the American Dream, protagonist Mike […]
Regarded as one of the best graphic novels, The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a critically-acclaimed memoir that follows the author's childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Join librarian Chelsea Heisler & fellow book club members for an in-person discussion in October. This title is available through MeL in print. A movie version […]
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 […]
In anticipation of the author's visit to Marshall, join the library's book club members for an in-person chat about The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell. The novel is one of Oprah Daily's "Best Books of 2024" & The Today Show's January Pick for the "Read with Jenna" Book Club. A master of rural noir returns […]
“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 […]
