Join A Book Group!
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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. (Does not meet in July) 
September: Thursday, September 19th
at 4 PM The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton Angela Merkel has always been an outsider. A pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany, she spent her twenties working as a research chemist, entering politics only after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And yet within fifteen years, she had become chancellor of Germany and, before long, the unofficial leader of the West. In this “masterpiece of discernment and insight” (The New York Times Book Review), acclaimed biographer Kati Marton sets out to pierce the mystery of Merkel’s unlikely ascent. With unparalleled access to the chancellor’s inner circle and a trove of records only recently come to light, she teases out the unique political genius that had been the secret to Merkel’s success. No modern leader so ably confronted Russian aggression, enacted daring social policies, and calmly unified an entire continent in an era when countries are becoming more divided. FYI: Past YPL Book Group picks include: August: Octopus Month June: Jacquelyn Mitchard Books May: Judas by Amos Oz April: Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout March: The Wager by David Grann February: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict January: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng November: This is Happiness by Niall Williams October: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus September: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin ______________ |
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