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Westover Hills General Interest Book Group
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Meets 4th Mondays, 6:30-7:45 at Westover Hills Aims to satisfy a wide range of interests. Newcomers always welcome. Feel free to come regularly, or just for the titles that interest you. Light refreshments.
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FEBRUARY 2019 SELECTION by Kristin Hannah
Reunited when the elder's husband is sent to fight in World War II, French sisters Vianne and Isabelle find their bond as well as their respective beliefs tested by a world that changes in horrific ways.
Also available in alternate format(s)
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MARCH 2019 SELECTION by Ruth Ware
After erroneously receiving a mysterious letter about a large inheritance, Hal attends the deceased’s funeral and realizes that something is very, very wrong.
Also available in alternate format(s)
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APRIL 2019 SELECTION by Naomi Alderman
A novel of speculative fiction, contemplating a world where teenage girls now have immense physical power—they can cause agonizing pain and even death, drastically resetting the balance of the world.
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MAY 2019 SELECTION
meeting moved from May 27th (library closed for Memorial Day) to June 3rd. by Colson Whitehead
After Cora, a slave in pre-Civil War Georgia, escapes with another slave, Caesar, they seek the help of the Underground Railroad as they flee from state to state and try to evade a slave catcher, Ridgeway, who is determined to return them to the South.
Also available in alternate format(s) BE SURE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING TO PICK UP A FREE COPY OF Dinosaurs in the Cornfield by William Hardiston, who will be at the branch on June 8th for a book reading, Q & A, and signing.
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SPECIAL BOOK SIGNING EVENT June 8th @ 6:30 Join local author William Hardison for a reading from his new book Dinosaurs in the Cornfield. Q & A and book signing to follow the reading.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. Book club members will be able to get a FREE copy of the book at the June 3rd (instead of May 27th) book group meeting.
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JULY 2019 SELECTION by Diane Setterfield
Having spent sixty years creating a series of alternate identities for herself, enigmatic Vida Winter pens a painful letter to young Margaret Lea when the latter begs her to disclose the truth about her secretive birth.
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by Phaedra Patrick
Finding a mysterious bracelet among his late wife's possessions, 69-year-old Arthur Pepper breaks from his routine life for the first time since her death and embarks on a quest to learn about his wife's life before their marriage, a journey that leads to unexpected self-discoveries.
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SEPTEMBER 2019 SELECTION by Lisa Wingate
A tale inspired by firsthand accounts about the notoriously corrupt Tennessee Children's Home Society follows the efforts of a Baltimore assistant D.A. to uncover her parents' fateful secrets in the wake of a political attack and a chance encounter with a stranger.
also available in alternate format(s)
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OCTOBER SELECTION (please note change in date, time, and location) AUTHOR VISIT!!! October 14th @ 7:00 p.m. MAIN LIBRARY auditorium. 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.
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NOVEMBER 2019 SELECTION by Susan Orlean
"The acclaimed best-selling author of ""Rin Tin Tin"" and ""The Orchid Thief"" reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution—our libraries."
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DECEMBER "BOOK TASTING" EVENT Book group members will read a book of their choice and present a 5-minute booktalk to the group.
Members will also bring in a potluck dish to share!
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Westover Hills Branch, Richmond Public Library 1408 Westover Hills Blvd. Richmond, Virginia 23225 (804) 646-8833https://rvalibrary.org/ |
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