MARCH
American History Book Club
Monday, March 27, at 6:30 p.m.
"Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure" by Julia Flynn Siler. The United States got Hawaii in its quest for imperial domination of the Pacific. Learn about the sugar and fruit barons who helped to topple the reign of Hawaii's last monarch, Queen Liliuoakalani.
Contact Tim Symington, 413-596-6141 X152, tsymington@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
APRIL
Booked for Lunch
Tuesday, April 4, at noon
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"Vigil Harbor" by Julia GlassA decade in the future, in the historic town of Vigil Harbor, there's been a rash of divorces among the yacht-club set. When two outsiders come to town - one a woman determined to solve the disappearance of a long-lost lover, the other a man with subversive charms - the fates of Vigil Harbor's residents become intertwined on one remarkable day and a long-held secret involving a selkie comes to light.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Ball.
Copies of the book are available at the Service Desk.
Cookbook Book Club
Monday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m.
Contact Tim Symington, 413-596-6141 X152, tsymington@wilbrahamlibrary.org."Modern Comfort Food" by Ina Garten.
We're all so stressed these days -- to keep you from reaching for a pint of ice cream or a cold martini to soothe your feelings, Ina Garten has written a book devoted to helping you serve up seriously satisfying and delicious food that feeds not only your cravings but also your soul. What are you longing for to comfort yourself and the people around you? Is it a bowl of Creamy Tomato Bisque with a Cheddar & Chutney Grilled Cheese sandwich on the side? Or do you dream about Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies filled with shards of melting chocolate? After 11 bestselling cookbooks, Ina has created a book filled with foofproof, dependable recipes that will help you nourish yourself and the people you love.
Contact Tim Symington, 413-596-6141 X152, tsymington@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Evening Book Discussion
Wednesday, April 19, at 7 p.m.
"Wingshooters" by Nina Revoyr.Michelle LeBeau and her white-Japanese family are forever changed when a Black family moves into her all-white town in 1974.
Request the book.
This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell.
American History Book Club
Monday, April 24, at 6 p.m.
"Paul Revere's Ride" by David Hackett Fischer.Discusses the events leading up to Paul Revere's ride, and reinforces his importance in the history of the Revolutionary War.
Contact Tim Symington, 413-596-6141 X152, tsymington@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Classics Book Club
Wednesday, April 26, at 6 p.m.
"Notes From the Underground" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.In 1864, before he wrote his greatest novels —
"Crime and Punishment," "The Idiot," "The Possessed" and "The Brothers Karamazov" — Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) penned this darkly fascinating book. Its nameless hero is a profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-analysis there is a search for the true and the good in a world of relative values and few absolutes. Moreover, the novel introduces themes — moral, religious, political and social — that dominated Dostoyevsky's later works.
Led by Jessica Magill. For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com
MAY
Evening Book Discussion
Wednesday, May 17, at 7 p.m.
"All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, & Solutions for the Climate Crisis" edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katherine K. WilkinsonCurated by two climate leaders, an anthology of provocative essays and illuminating artwork by dozens of women at the forefront of the climate change movement provides representative, nuanced and solution-oriented recommendations for fast and appropriate responses.
Request the book.
This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell.
Classics Book Club
Wednesday, May 31, at 6 p.m.
"A Passage to India" by E.M. Forster.When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced "Anglo-Indian" community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the "real India," they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal.
Led by Jessica Magill. For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com
JUNE
Classics Book Club
Wednesday, June 28, at 6 p.m.
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte.At the center of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.
Led by Jessica Magill. For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com
JULY
Classics Book Club
Wednesday, July 26, at 6 p.m.
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"Middlemarch" by George Elliot."Middlemarch" explores nearly every subject of concern to modern life: art, religion, science, politics, self, society, human relationships. Among Elliot's characters are some of the most remarkable portraits in English literature: Dorothea Brooke, the heroine, idealistic but naive; Rosamond Vincy, beautiful and egoistic: Edward Casaubon, the dry-as-dust scholar: Tertius Lydgate, the brilliant but morally-flawed physician: the passionate artist Will Ladislaw: and Fred Vincey and Mary Garth, childhood sweethearts whose charming courtship is one of the many humorous elements in the novel's rich comic vein.
Led by Jessica Magill. For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com
