Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber

Thursday, December 6

 

6:30 pm

 

Annual Soup and Sandwich Supper

and

Cookie Exchange

(Please bring 2 dozen cookies and your recipe to share)

 

 

 

Get in the Holiday Spirit with this delightful Christmas story.

 

 

 

The discussion group centers around books that were made into movies.

Adult patrons are invited to read the book, listen to the book or

watch the movie and join us for a lively discussion on the

First Thursday of every month.

Come to the library and enjoy refreshments and

a chance to meet with fellow book lovers.

Pre-register at the desk or by calling the library  at

(419) 586-4442.

 

 

 

 

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Thursday, November 1, 2012

7:00 pm

Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town. The 2011 film adaptation received numerous awards including “Best Supporting Actress” Octavia Spencer.

The discussion group centers around books that were made into movies.

Adult patrons are invited to read the book, listen to the book or

watch the movie and join us for a lively discussion on the

First Thursday of every month.

Come to the library and enjoy refreshments and

a chance to meet with fellow book lovers.

Pre-register at the desk or by calling the library (419) 586-4442.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Thursday, October 4, 2012  
7:00pm

The Color Purple is a 1982 novel by American author Alice Walker that won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, the story focuses on female black life in the 1930's in the southern United States, addressing numerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American social culture.

The discussion group centers around books that were made into movies.

Adult patrons are invited to read the book, listen to the book or

watch the movie and join us for a lively discussion on the

First Thursday of every month.

Come to the library and enjoy refreshments and

a chance to meet with fellow book lovers.

Pre-register at the desk or by calling the library (419) 586-4442.

I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson

Thursday

September 6, 2012

7:00pm

Meet Kate Reddy, hedge-fund manager and mother of two. She can juggle nine different currencies in five different time zones and get herself and two children washed and dressed and out of the house in half an hour. In a novel that is at once uproariously funny and achingly sad, Pearson captures the guilty secret lives of working women--the self-recrimination, the comic deceptions, the giddy exhaustion, and the despair.  Sarah Jessica Parker and Pierce Brosnan star in the 2011 film adaptation.

The discussion group centers around books that were made into movies.

Adult patrons are invited to read the book, listen to the book or

watch the movie and join us for a lively discussion on the

First Thursday of every month.

Come to the library and enjoy refreshments and

a chance to meet with fellow book lovers.

Pre-register at the desk or by calling the library (419) 586-4442.

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Thursday

August 2, 2012

7:00 pm

In the summer of 1942, the French police arrested thousands of Jewish families and held them outside of Paris before shipping them off to Auschwitz. On the 60th anniversary of the roundups, an expatriate American journalist covering the atrocities discovers a personal connection—her apartment was formerly occupied by one such family. She resolves to find out what happened to Sarah, the 10-year-old daughter, who was the only family member to survive. Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode.  

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neal Hurston

Thursday

July 5, 2012

7:00 pm

One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neal Hurston's beloved 1937 classic is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. It is the story of fair-skinned, fiercely independent Janie Crawford, and her evolving self-hood through three marriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose. A true literary wonder, Hurston's masterwork remains as relevant and affecting today as when it was first published.

SNOW FLOWER and the SECRET FAN by LISA SEE

Thursday, June 7

7:00 pm

See's engrossing novel set in remote 19th-century China details the deeply affecting story of lifelong, intimate friends Lily and Snow Flower, their imprisonment by rigid codes of conduct for women and their betrayal by pride and love.  

The discussion group centers around books that were made into movies.

Adult patrons are invited to read the book, listen to the book or

watch the movie and join us for a lively discussion on the

First Thursday of every month.

Come to the library and enjoy refreshments and

a chance to meet with fellow book lovers.

Pre-register at the desk or by calling the library (419) 586-4442.

MARLEY & ME by John Grogan

Thursday, May 3

7:00 pm

In this funny and poignant memoir about a wildly neurotic Labrador retriever named Marley, an unsuspecting young couple come to understand what really matters. Marley had no brakes on his loyalty, exuberance, or passion. Owen Wilson and Jennifer Anniston star in the 2008 film adaptation.

Come to the library and enjoy refreshments and a chance to meet with fellow book lovers.
Pre-register at the desk or by calling the library (419) 586-4442.

Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson

Thursday, April 5

7:00 pm

The memoir of Valerie Plame Wilson, a former CIA operative who was outed by the Bush Administration in retaliation for an op-ed written by her husband. As a number of sections have been blacked out by the CIA, we suggest you begin your reading with the afterword on Page 309 for historical background. The film adaptation stars Sean Penn and Naomi Watts.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Thursday, March 1

7:00 pm 

An orphan girl's progress from the custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school culminates in a troubled career as a governess. Jane's first assignment at Thornfield, where the proud and cynical master harbors a scandalous secret, draws readers ever deeper into a compelling exploration of the mysteries of the human heart.



The discussion group centers around books that were made into movies. Adult patrons are invited to read the book, listen to the book or watch the movie and join us for a lively discussion on the First Thursday of every month.


Come to the library and enjoy refreshments and a chance to meet with fellow book lovers.
Pre-register at the desk or by calling the library (419) 586-4442.

Love and Other Impossible Pursuits/The Other Woman

Thursday, February 2

7:00 pm

In this moving, wry, and candid novel, widely acclaimed novelist Ayelet Waldman takes us through one woman’s passage through love, loss, and the strange absurdities of modern life.