Join us for the library's book discussion group at the Bookmark!
The discussion group meets on the third Tuesday of most months. At this meeting, we will be discussing BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate. Books are available by the library's main circulation desk.
For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty...
Brenda Pavnica, Adult Services Department Head, will lead the discussion. Questions? (317) 398-7121 ext. 222 or bpavnica@sscpl.lib.in.us.
PAST DISCUSSIONS:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (July 2016)
An American Tune by Barbara Shoup (August 2016)
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (September 2016)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (October 2016)
A Man Called Ove by Frederick Backman (November 2016)
Invincible, Indiana by Nate Dunlevy (January 2017)
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison (February 2017)
Black River by S.M. Hulse (March 2017)
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (April 2017)
The Lake House by Kate Morton (May 2017)
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (June 2017)
News of the World by Paulette Jiles (July 2017)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (August 2017)
Miller's Valley by Anna Quindlen (September 2017)
In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (October 2017)
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance (November 2017)
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf (December 2017)