Mon., Sept. 23, 2024 2 PM: War Trash by Ha Jin Set in 1951–53, War Trash takes the form of the memoir of Yu Yuan, a young Chinese army officer, one of a corps of “volunteers” sent by Mao to help shore up the Communist side in Korea. When Yu is captured, his command of […]

Tues., Oct. 8, 2024 7 PM: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin A popular true-crime podcaster finds an unsettling note on her windshield begging for help before she uncovers dark community secrets from the past and present, including one involving the disappearance of her own sister. This is an in-person book discussion led by librarian […]

Mon., Oct. 28, 2024 2 PM: The Good Earth by Pearsl S. Buck Wang Lang, a simple peasant farmer, takes as a wife a battered slave girl who becomes an indomitable, loyal woman. Working the land together, they prosper and increase their holdings, yet Wang eventually betrays his family and neglects the earth he had […]

Tues., Nov. 12, 2024 7 PM: The Only One Left by Riley Sager A Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie […]