The Bethel Public Library offers two chances a month to meet with other book lovers and tell us why you loved–or disliked–this month’s choice.
Report by Paula Antolini
March 26, 2015 11:23AM EDT
April, May and June
The Bethel Public Library offers two chances a month to meet with other book lovers and tell us why you loved–or disliked–this month’s choice. The moderator will present background on the author and the book. All are encouraged to jump in with insights, questions and reactions to the book. The discussion is most fun when we don’t all love it!
The library looks forward to meeting you!
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Adult Services
No registration required!
Discussions are open to all adults and teens 16 and older and will meet in the Cady R. Morse Conference Room.
Books are available for checkout with a valid library card
one month before each book discussion. Call to reserve a copy or ask at the Circulation Desk.
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Book Discussion in April
Beautiful Ruins
by Jess Walter
Monday, April 13
6:30-7:45 pm
Wednesday, April 29
10:15-11:30 am
“And if a moment exists only in one’s perception anyway, then perhaps the rush of feeling he has now is THE MOMENT, and not merely its shadow.” ~Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins
The story begins in 1962. On a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline, a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and spies an apparition: a tall, thin woman, a vision in white, approaching him on a boat. She is an actress, he soon learns, an American starlet, and she is dying. And the story begins again today, half a world away, when an elderly Italian man shows up on a movie studio’s back lot-searching for the mysterious woman he last saw at his hotel decades earlier. What unfolds is a dazzling, yet deeply human, roller coaster of a novel, spanning fifty years and nearly as many lives. Gloriously inventive and constantly surprising, Beautiful Ruins is a story of flawed yet fascinating people, navigating the rocky shores of their lives while clinging to their improbable dreams. ~adapted from goodreads.com review~
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Book Discussion in May
The Astronaut Wives Club
by Lily Koppel
Monday, May 11
6:30-7:45 pm
Wednesday, May 27
10:15-11:30 am
“It was a day, the first of many, I’ll bet, of walking on eggs, of normalcy tinged with hysteria. I wish Buzz were a carpenter, a truck driver, a scientist, anything but what he is.” ~ Lily Koppel, The Astronaut Wives Club
As America’s Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons.
As their celebrity rose-and as divorce and tragic death began to touch their lives-they continued to rally together, and the wives have now been friends for more than fifty years. The Astronaut Wives Club tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history. ~adapted from goodreads.com review~
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Book Discussion in June
Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier
Monday, June 8
6:30-7:45 pm
Wednesday, June 24
10:15-11:30 am
“We say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing the other is just at her back.” ~Tracy Chevalier, Remarkable Creatures
Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent for finding fossils, and whose discovery of ancient marine reptiles such as the ichthyosaur shakes the scientific community and leads to new ways of thinking about the creation of the world. Working in an arena dominated by middle-class men, however, Mary finds herself out of step with her working-class background. In danger of being an outcast in her community, she takes solace in an unlikely friendship with Elizabeth Philpot, a prickly London spinster with her own passion for fossils. The strong bond between Mary and Elizabeth sees them through struggles with poverty, rivalry and ostracism, as well as the physical dangers of their chosen obsession. It reminds us that friendship can outlast storms and landslides, anger and jealousy. ~adapted from goodreads.com review
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All programs sponsored by the Bethel Public Library are open to the public and meet accessibility requirements for the disabled. Those needing special accommodations should contact the Library at least two weeks prior to the program date to make arrangements.
We hope you’ll join the Bethel Public Library for one of these book discussions!
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Bethel Public Library
189 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT 06801
203-794-8756
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