Park Ridge Public Library
Book Club Newsletter
November 2021
 
New Book Discussion Set
Hamnet 
by Maggie O'Farrell

The award-winning author of I Am, I Am, I Am presents the evocative story of a young Shakespeare’s marriage to a talented herbalist before the ravaging death of their 11-year-old son shapes the production of his greatest play.
 
Join a PRPL Book Discussion 
 
Read Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
 
Virtual book discussion on January 4 at 7:oopm
Register here. 
In-person book discussion on January 27 at 10:00am
Register here.
 
Hamnet 
by Maggie O'Farrell

The award-winning author of I Am, I Am, I Am presents the evocative story of a young Shakespeare’s marriage to a talented herbalist before the ravaging death of their 11-year-old son shapes the production of his greatest play.
Read The Bohemians by Jasmin Darznik
 
In-person book discussion on January 19 at 7:00pm
Register here.
 
The Bohemians
by Jasmin Darznik

Celebrating the life and career of photographer Dorothea Lange, this novel explores the wild years in San Francisco that awakened her career-defining grit, compassion and daring.
 
Green Reads Book Discussion
Read The Day the World Stops Shopping by J.B. MacKinnon
 
In-person discussion on January 11 at 7:00pm
Register here.
 
The Day the World Stops Shopping : How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
by J. B. MacKinnon

An award-winning journalist examines the effects of consumerism on the planet, looking towards a world without shopping and how it could help reduce carbon emissions and lead us to a closer relationship with our natural world and each other. 
 
Unlikely Friends
 
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
by Marianne Cronin

Determined to leave a mark on the world even though they are in the hospital and their days are dwindling, unlikely friends, 17-year-old Lenni and 83-year-old Margot, devise a plan to create 100 paintings showcasing the stories of the century they have lived. 

 
Miss Benson's Beetle
by Rachel Joyce

Leaving London behind, Margery Benson, a schoolmarm and spinster in 1950, embarks on a quest to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession – the golden beetle of New Caledonia – with the help of a fun-loving assistant who changes her life forever.

 
The Story of Arthur Truluv
by Elizabeth Berg

Making daily visits to the grave of his beloved late wife, Arthur forges unexpected relationships with a nosy neighbor and a troubled teen who dubs him "Truluv" before the trio discovers healing and family together.
  
Early Morning Riser
by Katherine Heiny

A wise, bighearted, boundlessly joyful novel of love, disaster, and unconventional family. 
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman

A socially awkward, routine-oriented loner teams up with a bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of isolation and secret unhappiness. A first novel.
 
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