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Quarantine Book Club: Light Reads

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Discussion Groups

Age Group:

Adults
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Allowed Ages: 16 and up

Program Description

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Welcome to the Quarantine Book Club: Light Reads! This book club will meet the third Tuesday of each month. We will read a variety of light reads and romance. If it's fluffy, romantic, or silly, it's the escape we're looking for!

 

This month, we will discuss Good Riddance by Elinor Lipman. 

In a delightful new romantic comedy from Elinor Lipman, one woman’s trash becomes another woman’s treasure, with deliriously entertaining results.

Daphne Maritch doesn't quite know what to make of the heavily annotated high school yearbook she inherits from her mother, who held this relic dear. Too dear. The late June Winter Maritch was the teacher to whom the class of '68 had dedicated its yearbook, and in turn she went on to attend every reunion, scribbling notes and observations after each one—not always charitably—and noting who overstepped boundaries of many kinds.

In a fit of decluttering (the yearbook did not, Daphne concluded, "spark joy"), she discards it when she moves to a small New York City apartment. But when it's found in the recycling bin by a busybody neighbor/documentary filmmaker, the yearbook's mysteries—not to mention her own family's—take on a whole new urgency, and Daphne finds herself entangled in a series of events both poignant and absurd. 

 

Registration is required. Join us via Zoom!

Instructions for Zoom: 

Please download the Zoom app on your computer, phone or tablet. You do not have to have a Zoom account to join the meeting. When you register for this program, you will be sent a unique Zoom ID and password. A few minutes before the event, open the Zoom app and type in the meeting ID and password to join us. 

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If you have special needs to attend this program, please contact the library in advance.