This book group meets virtually on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. New members are always welcome. Copies of the title to be discussed will be available at the Circulation Desk a month prior to each meeting.
Please contact Sean Thibodeau for the Zoom meeting link or for more information.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
JULY 2
Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World by Maya Jasanoff
At the end of the American Revolution, 60,000 Americans loyal to the British cause fled the United States and became refugees throughout the British Empire. This groundbreaking book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India, and beyond.
AUGUST 6
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinations.
SEPTEMBER 3
Otherlands: A Journey through Earth’s Extinct Worlds by Thomas Halliday
Mining the most recent paleontological advances, a paleobiologist recreates sixteen extinct worlds, rendered with a novelist’s eye for detail and drama, showing up close the intricate relationships of these ancient worlds.
OCTOBER 1
Haben: The Deafblind Woman who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
The story of the first deaf and blind graduate of Harvard Law School, tracing her refugee parents’ harrowing experiences in the Eritrea-Ethiopian war and her development of innovations that enabled her remarkable achievements.
PAST TITLES
Skip to End of Carousel