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Tuesday March 19, 2024
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Morning Book Chat
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

This month's selection is The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley.  Jen needs a fresh start and goes to stay with her brother in Paris.  But her brother is missing, and the longer he stays missing, the more Jen digs into his situations, and the more questions she has.  His neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not very friendly.  Everyone’s a neighbor.  Everyone’s a suspect.  And everyone knows something they’re not telling.

HOW TO GET A COPY:  Please click here to make an online request with your Library card; or call us at 203-794-8756 to check availability of pre-ordered copies at the Circulation Desk.

We are also offering a book guide for all registrants which highlights the authors background, offers book interviews and insights, as well as topics and questions to stimulate the conversation.

CONTACT:  Adult Services Department  203-794-8756 ext. 3  adult@bethellibrary.org
LOCATION: Morse
There are 10 spaces available.
Monday April 15, 2024
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Monday Night Classics Book Group
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM

This month's selection is Candide by Voltaire.  Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan.  Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that -- contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss -- all is not always for the best.  Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.

HOW TO GET A COPY: Please click here to make an online request with your Library card; or call us at 203-794-8756  to check availability of pre-ordered copies at the Circulation Desk.

CONTACT:  Adult Services Department  203-794-8756 ext. 3  adult@bethellibrary.org
LOCATION: Seelye House
There are 14 spaces available.
Tuesday May 21, 2024
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Morning Book Chat
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

This month's selection is Hello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano.  An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?  William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him.  He meets Julia, who is inseparable from her three younger sisters.  But then darkness from William’s past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julia’s carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters’ unshakeable loyalty to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations.  Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most?

HOW TO GET A COPY:  Please click here to make an online request with your Library card; or call us at 203-794-8756 to check availability of pre-ordered copies at the Circulation Desk.

We are also offering a book guide for all registrants which highlights the authors background, offers book interviews and insights, as well as topics and questions to stimulate the conversation.

CONTACT:  Adult Services Department  203-794-8756 ext. 3  adult@bethellibrary.org
LOCATION: Morse
There are 15 spaces available.
Tuesday July 16, 2024
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Morning Book Chat
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

This month's selection is Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival.  In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.  Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.

HOW TO GET A COPY:  Please click here to make an online request with your Library card; or call us at 203-794-8756 to check availability of pre-ordered copies at the Circulation Desk.

We are also offering a book guide for all registrants which highlights the authors background, offers book interviews and insights, as well as topics and questions to stimulate the conversation.

CONTACT:  Adult Services Department  203-794-8756 ext. 3  adult@bethellibrary.org
LOCATION: Morse
Tuesday September 17, 2024
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Morning Book Chat
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

This month's selection is The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christine Lefteri.  This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable.  Nuri is a beekeeper and Afra, his wife, is an artist.  They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the hills of the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo—until the unthinkable happens and all they love is destroyed by war.  This is a novel that at once reminds us that the most peaceful and ordinary lives can be utterly upended in unimaginable ways and brings a journey in faraway lands close to home, never to be forgotten.

HOW TO GET A COPY:  Please click here to make an online request with your Library card; or call us at 203-794-8756 to check availability of pre-ordered copies at the Circulation Desk.

We are also offering a book guide for all registrants which highlights the authors background, offers book interviews and insights, as well as topics and questions to stimulate the conversation.

CONTACT:  Adult Services Department  203-794-8756 ext. 3  adult@bethellibrary.org
LOCATION: Morse

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