The Paper Garden-book discussion

Mary Granville Pendarves Delaney (1700-1788) witty, beautiful and talented was a contemporary and friend of Jonathan Swift and George Frideric Handel. At the age of 72 after having been widowed for a second time began creating mixed media collage. In ten years she created 985 botanically correct cut paper flowers. They are currently housed in the British Museum and are referred to as the Flora Delanica.

In 2010, Molly Peacock, an award-winning poet, published The Paper Garden: an artist begins her life's work at 72. This is a beautifully written biography that examines the nature of creativity and art.

Color illustrations of Mrs. Delaney's work are included in the book.

Please join us on Thursday, January 19th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss this amazing book. Copies may be picked up at the library.

November Book Discussion

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon will be discussed on Monday, November 28th at 7:00 p.m. at the library.

This book was published in 2003 by British author Mark Haddon and won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year. The story is primarily a narrative told from the point of view of "Christopher", a 15 year old sleuth who lives with his father in the town of Swindon. Christopher has Asperger's syndrome, is interested in math, physics, computers, and solving crimes. He takes it upon himself to dtermine who slew his neighbor's poodle, Wellington. This is a charming book, told from the point of view of a bright, quirky young man.

September Book Discussion

Strength in What Remains: a journey of remembrance and forgiveness by Tracy Kidder

"A young man arrives in the big city with two hundred dollars in his pocket, no English at all, and memories of horror so fresh that he sometimes confuses past and present. When Deo first told me about his beginnings in New York, I had a simple thought: "I would not have survived." And then, two years later he enrolls in an Ivy League university. How did this happen? Where did he find the strength, and howhad he won the beneficence of strangers? How had it felt to be him?" ----from Strength in What Remains

Join us on Monday, September 26th at 7:00 p.m. in the library to discuss this compelling story. Copies of the book are available at the library.

Book Discussion Group-August

Monday, August 29th at 7:00 p.m. will be the time and date of the next discussion. The book for this month is "The Cellist of Sarajevo" by Steven Galloway.

"In a city ravaged by war, a defiant young musician decides to play his cello at the site of a mortar attack for twenty-two days, in memory of his fallen friends and neighbors. Drawn into the orbit of his music are three young strangers, each living like fugitives in their homeland: a bakry worker, a young father, and finally, a woman-a sniper-who holds the fate of the cellist in her hands, even as her own fate becomes just as changeable with each passing."

From the cover of the paperback edition 2008

This is a work of fiction inspired by the true story of Vedran Smailovic, a cellist who played with the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra. Smailovic played Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor on a pile of rubble, during the seige of Sarajevo for 22 days straight, to honor the 22 people who were killed by a bomb while waiting in a bread line.

July Book Discussion

Thursday July 28th at 7:00 p.m. in the library!

Join us to discuss "Island Beneath the Sea" by Isabel Allende.

"The sweeping story of an unforgettable woman-a slave and concubine determined to claim her own destiny against impossible odds". (from the cover). Photo of cover from Amazon.com.

Book Discussion Group - June 30th

Room by Emma Donaghue will be the book discussed on Thursday, June 30th in the Library.

"Room" is told through the eyes of "Jack" a five year old who has spent his entire life living with his "Ma" in a room where they have been held captive. Although he has watched TV, and has learned to read and write, his concept of "outside" and life is colored by his limited experience and his (and his mother's) creativity and imagination. This is a fascinating look at perception, resiliance, creativity and the power of love.

New Carpeting!!!!

The library will be closed from June 5th until Thursday, June 9th while new carpeting is being installed. In anticipation of this we are moving books and videos out of the center shelves. These will be stored in a U-Haul truck while the library is closed.
If anyone can help us move books in and out of the library please call 827-2918. Thank you!