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The Worldviews Book Group meets monthly on Monday at 6:00 p.m.
for a light supper and discussion. This year, in keeping with
the Library’s overall annual theme of Celebrating Community, the
Worldviews group will read books that portray the many different
faces of community, some likely and some not so likely.
The first meeting will be on October 29, and will feature
Jessica Shattuck’s The Women in the Castle, a gripping novel set
at the end of World War II in a crumbling Bavarian castle that
once played host to all of German high society. Amid the ashes
of Nazi Germany’s defeat, Marianne von Lingenfels returns to the
once-grand castle of her husband’s ancestors, an imposing stone
fortress now fallen into ruin following years of war. The widow
of a resister murdered in the failed July 20, 1944, plot to
assassinate Adolf Hitler, Marianne plans to uphold the promise
she made to her husband’s brave conspirators: to find and
protect their wives, her fellow resistance widows.
Other books for the year include:
Once We Were Brothers by Ronald Balson - November 26
Plainsong by Kent Haruf - December 17
Cane River by Lalita Tademy - January 28
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The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg - February 25
The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood - Mmarch 25
A Slant of Light by Jeffrey Lent - April 22
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George - May20
Stitches by Anne Lamott - June 17
The Spirit Guides Book Group meets monthly on Saturday at 9:30AM from January
through April to read four books that present unique viewpoints on spiritual
awakening.
Books include:
Telling Secrets by Frederick Buechner - January 12
Firstlight by Sue Monk Kidd - February 9
An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor - March 16
The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne - April 20
Join us for continental breakfast and great conversation!
To sign up for Worldviews and Spirit Guides or for more information about the
Library’s Book Groups, call 217-648-2112.
[Cathy Maciariello, Library Director] |
