You Must Read This!
Saturday February 11, 10:00am Main Library, Trustees Room Want to share your favorite titles with other readers and get some tips on what to read next? Come to this monthly Saturday morning book chat. Bring books or titles others may enjoy, and gather suggestions for great reads you may have missed. Refreshments.
Main Library Book Club: When the
Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka Tuesday, February 7, 7:00pm Main Library, Costin Room
This stunning debut novel portrays the Japanese internment camps with an unwavering intensity. Through the story of a single family, the author evokes the deracination of a generation of Japanese Americans. Led by Trustee Ruth Winett.
McAuliffe Book Discussion Wednesday, February 15, at 7pm
Thursday, February 16, at 10am The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows.
In 1946, as London emerges from World War II, Juliet Ashton, a writer, has writer’s block. She is desperate to find a new idea when she receives a letter from Guernsey Island. She learns of a unique book club formed as an alibi to protect its members from the occupying Germans during the war. Led by Jane Peck. Refreshments.
Main Library Book Club: Empire Falls by Richard Russo Tuesday, March 6, 7:00pm Main Library, Costin Room Led by Trustee Bob Dodd.
Looking for more ideas?
Check out the library's fiction &
leisure reading lists to find more books on your favorite
themes. Spies or romance, thrillers or friendship - our booklists cover
a range of themes and tastes.
Book Talk: We Recommend Recommended by
Lisa Taranto
Cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness
by Alexandra Fuller (B FULLER, A. Fuller)
Fuller lovingly but humorously describes her mother growing up in Kenya, how she met Fuller’s father and their life together in their beloved home in Africa. A sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Fuller sits with her parents under the “Tree of Forgetfulness” on their banana farm in Zambia as her parents recall early days of marriage, the tragic loss of three of their children and the horrific events of the Rhodesian Civil War. There were also happier times as they raised their family which always included a few dogs, cats, horses and sometimes rabbits. The determination, love and forgiveness her parents share make this a truly endearing read.
Nothing daunted : the unexpected education of two society girls in the West
by Dorothy Wickenden (371.1 Wickenden)
Wickenden, the New Yorker's executive editor, writes a heartwarming story of her grandmother and her best friend's experiences traveling to a small town in Colorado to become teachers in 1916. This is a captivating description of life in the early 20th Century for two Smith graduates. They traveled from New York on a newly built transcontinental railroad and experienced the breath taking beauty of the landscape of Colorado and the harsh conditions of poverty in the rural town where they taught. Much of the information in this book is based on personal letters and articles that were saved by the families. The narrative is related as warm memories by her grandmother and it is an inspiring tribute to a friendship that lasted eighty-three years.
Book Group Kits To Go
We now have book
group kits
with everything (except refreshments) you need for your next meeting.
These kits contain 8–10 copies of a popular book group title, reviews,
author information and a guide for discussion. We will continue to add
to this collection and welcome your suggestions. Do you belong to a book
group or have you thought about starting or joining one? You can check
out the kit for four weeks, distribute the copies to members and return
the kit for your next month’s choice!
The following titles are available:
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
- Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- The Jane Austen book club by Karen Joy Fowle
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Run by Ann Patchett
- The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- The glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette W
Services to the
Homebound
The library's in-home program makes books, books on tape, large-print
books, and CDs available to any Framingham resident with a valid library
card needing home delivery. Please call the Community Services
Librarian at 508-532-6347, for more information.
