Norway Book Discussion: The Mercies

Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United States

Mon., Feb. 3, 2025 at 2 PM: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave After a storm has killed off all the island's men, two women in a 1600s Norwegian coastal village struggle to survive against both natural forces and the men who have been sent to rid the community of alleged witchcraft. This is an […]

Psychological Thriller Book Discussion Series: The Couple at Number 9

Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United States

Tues., Feb. 25, 2025 at 7 PM: The Couple at Number 9 by Claire Douglas When, while renovating her grandmother Rose's cottage, she uncovers the remains of two bodies, pregnant Saffron Cutler must protect Rose who suffers from Alzheimer's from a murder inquiry, plunging her life in danger as she tries to piece together what […]

Norway Book Discussion Series: Out Stealing Horses

Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United States

Mon., Mar. 3, 2025 at 2 PM: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson After a meeting with his only neighbor, sixty-seven-year-old Trond is forced to reflect upon a long-ago incident that marks the beginning of a series of losses for Trond and his childhood friend, Jon. This is an in-person book discussion led by librarian […]

Psychological Thriller Book Discussion Series: Still Missing

Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United States

Tues., Mar. 25, 2025 at 7 PM: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens Captured by a psychopath posing as an interested house buyer, realtor Annie spends a brutally traumatic year in captivity in a remote mountain cabin and recounts her experiences and dramatic escape to her therapist while agonizing over the ongoing police search for her […]

Norway Book Discussion Series: The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United States

Mon., Apr. 7, 2025 at 2 PM: The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller In 1916, disfigured after a polar bear attack, Sven Ormson leads a solitary life, testing himself against the elements in Svalbard, until an unlikely visitor salves his loneliness, drawing him into a family of fellow castoffs that determines the […]