YPL Book Group, led by Leslie Altman, meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at
2 PM. Newcomers always  welcome. Meets in the Simpkins Reading Room.

May: Thursday, May 15th
at 2 PM

Interpreter of Maladies
     by Jhumpa Lahiri

This stunning debut collection flawlessly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.

With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. 

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FYI: Past YPL
Book Group picks include:

April: James
   by Percival Everett

March: The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and The Founding of a Nation
   by Nancy Rubin Stuart

February: The Stranger
   by Albert Camus

January: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
    by James McBride

November: You Are Here
   by Dave Nicholls

October: The Blessing Way
   by Tony Hillerman

September: The Chancellor:
The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
   by Kati Marton

August:  Octopus Month

June: Jacquelyn Mitchard Books

May: Judas by Amos Oz
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Looking Ahead
YPL Book Group

June:  Thursday, June 12 at 2 PM (Date change) 

Foster by Claire Keegan

It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again. In the Kinsellas’ house, she finds an affection and warmth she has not known and slowly, in their care, begins to blossom. But there is something unspoken in this new household—where everything is so well tended to—and this summer must soon come to an end. 

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Looking Ahead
Neighborhood Book Group

Details to come.

Neighborhood Book Group, led by Rick Woods, meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at 4 PM. Meets in the Gale Room.

(Call the library for contact information and further information.)

May: Thursday, May 8th at 4 PM

The Vegetarian by Han Kang   
    and Deborah Smith

Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams—invasive images of blood and brutality—torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether.

It’s a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that’s become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her, but also from herself.

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FYI: Past Neighborhood Book Group picks include:

April: Woman in White
    by Wilkie Collins

March: Small Things Like These
    by Claire Keegan

February: Pachinko
    by Min Jin Lee

January: Small Great Things
     by Jodi Picoult

December: The Bluest Eye
    by Toni Morrison

November: Clear
    by Carys Davies

October: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
   by Neil deGrasse Tyson

September: The Moonstone
    by Wilke Collins

June: Oath and Honor        
   by Liz Cheney

May: Old Filth
   by Jane Gardam
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