Senior Fiction Focus @ Belmont
 
In partnership with the Richmond Office on Aging and Persons With Disabilities.  
 
Meets at the Belmont branch, 3rd Wednesdays 10:15-11:30, February through October
(no meetings in November, December, or January).
 
While all are welcome, this event is geared towards city residents, age 55+, who have an RPL library card <apply for an RPL eCard here>
 
MARCH 2019 SELECTION
meeting:  March 20th
 
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

by Dinaw Mengestu

After fleeing the Ethiopian revolution, Sepha Stephanos runs a grocery store in a poor African-American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., where he witnesses a series of racially charged incidents and bitterly reflects on his past and the differences between his actual prospects and the life he imagined.
APRIL 2019 SELECTION
meeting:  April 17th
 
Oil On Water 
 
by Helon Habila

Two journalists, a young upstart and a disillusioned veteran, are sent to find the missing wife of a British oil executive in the environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta where they must contend with the brutality of government soldiers and militants. 
MAY 2019 SELECTION
meeting:  May 15th
 
Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward

Living with his grandparents and toddler sister on a Gulf Coast farm, Jojo navigates the challenges of his tormented mother's addictions and his grandmother's terminal cancer before the release of his father from prison prompts a road trip of danger and hope.
 
also available in Large Print.
 
JUNE 2019 SELECTION
meeting:  June 19th
 
An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones

When her new husband is arrested and imprisoned for a crime she knows he did not commit, a rising artist takes comfort in a longtime friendship only to encounter unexpected challenges in resuming her life when her husband's sentence is suddenly overturned. B
 
also available in Large Print and audio CD.
JULY 2019 SELECTION
meeting:  July 17th
 
The Hate U Give
 
by Angie Thomas

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. 
 
also available in Large Print, audio CD, movie tie-in edition, and GetLit backpack kit.
AUGUST 2019 SELECTION
meeting:  August 21st
 
A Spark of Light

by Jodi Picoult

A powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis.
 
also available in Large Print.
SEPTEMBER 2019 SELECTION
meeting:  September 18th
 
Behind Closed Doors

by B. A. Paris

The friends of a seemingly perfect socialite couple begin to see cracks in the facade when they realize that the husband and wife are never apart and that there are bars on one of their upstairs windows.
 
also available in Large Print, audio CD, and eBook.
OCTOBER 2019 SELECTION
meeting:  October 16th
 
Playing in the Light

by Zoe Wicomb

Running a 1990s Cape Town travel agency in spite of her private hatred of traveling, Marion shares a complex relationship with an African employee and eschews national politics, until the exposures of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reveal dark family secrets.
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