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Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Check It Out Book Discussion

Goshen Branch: Book/Movie Discussion, Adult | 1:30pm - 3:00pm

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This month we will discuss: Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. Copies of the book will be available for checkout at the branch.


Book Summary: Harrison William Shepherd, a highly observant writer, is caught between two worlds--in Mexico, working for communists Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky, and later in America, where he gets caught up in the patriotism of World War II--in a gripping story about identity and the power of words.

Book Discussion

Batavia Branch: Adult, Book/Movie Discussion | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

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We will be discussing this month: When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka. Book Summary: A story told from five different points of view--a mother receiving the evacuation order, her daughter on the train ride to the camp, the son in the desert internment camp, the return of the family to home, and the final release of the father after years in captivity--chronicles the nightmare of the World War II internment camps for Japanese-Americans.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Book Chat

Union Township Branch: Book/Movie Discussion, Adult | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

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This month's discussion book title will be The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library. Book Summary: The daughters of a ruthlessly ambitious family, Mary and Anne Boleyn are sent to the court of Henry VIII to attract the attention of the king, who first takes Mary as his mistress, in which role she bears him an illegitimate son, and then Anne as his wife.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Second Tuesday Book Discussion

Milford-Miami Township Branch: Book/Movie Discussion, Adult | 6:30pm - 7:30pm

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Join us this month for a book discussion on: City of Thieves by David Benioff.

2nd Tuesday Book Discussion

Williamsburg Branch: Book/Movie Discussion, Adult | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

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The session is open to all interested adults. The title for September is: Resilience: Reflection on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life Adversities by Elizabeth Edwards. Book Summary: The author recounts some of the the difficulties she has faced, including the death of her son, cancer, and her husband public affair, and shares how she has managed to adapt and survive.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Mystery Book Club

Milford-Miami Township Branch: Adult, Book/Movie Discussion | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

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This month we will be discussing: A Traitor to the Memory by Elizabeth George. The session is open to all interested adults. Bring a bag lunch to the discussion.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Bookends

New Richmond Branch: Adult, Book/Movie Discussion | 1:00pm - 2:00pm

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This month we will be discussing the title: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Book Summary: The spirit of fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon describes her murder, her surprise at her new home in heaven, and her witness to her grieving family, efforts to find the killer, and attempts to come to terms with what has happened.

Bethel Book Group

Bethel Branch: Adult, Book/Movie Discussion | 1:00pm - 2:30pm

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This months discussion title will be An Inconvenient Wife by Megan Chance. Copies of the book will be available for checkout at the library. Book Summary: Uncomfortable with the paternalistic dependencies and prudery of New York society, Lucy Carleton, the daughter of one of the oldest and wealthiest families in 1880s New York City and married to the ambitious, nouveau riche William Carlton, yearns to escape the confines of her class, gender, and era.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Spinebenders

New Richmond Branch: Adult, Book/Movie Discussion | 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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This month will be discussing: Saving CeeCee Honecutt by Beth Hoffman. Book Summary: Relegated to the care of an eccentric great-aunt after her mentally unbalanced parents accidental death, 12-year old CeeCee is quickly surrounded by the strong women and cultural elements of her new Savannah community.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Thursday Afternoon Book Discussion

Milford-Miami Township Branch: Adult, Book/Movie Discussion | 1:30pm - 3:00pm

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This month’s title is The Tale of Applebeck Orchard by Susan Wittig Albert. Large print copies of each book are available. Book Summary: In 1910 Miss Beatrix Potter is able to get away from her parents and goes to her properties in the Land Between the lakes, Hill Top Farm and Castle Farm, where trouble is brewing in the hamlet. When Mr. Harmsworth barricades the foot path running through his property, Applebeck Farm, claiming he did it because someone lit a fire to his hayloft, and another fire ruins a place of business, Miss Potter is on the case!


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