In-Person Russia Book Discussion Series: Between Shades of Gray

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

Mon., Jan. 9, 2023 at 2 PM: Between Shades of Gray by Ariel Lawhon In 1941, Lina and her family are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and […]

In-Person Russia Book Discussion Series: City of Thieves

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

Mon., Feb. 13, 2022 at 2 PM: City of Thieves by David Benioff Documenting his grandparents' experiences during the siege of Leningrad, a young writer learns his grandfather's story about how a military deserter and he tried to secure pardons by gathering hard-to-find ingredients for a powerful colonel's daughter's wedding cake. This is an in-person […]

In-Person Colombia Book Discussion Series: Fruit of the Drunken Tree

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

Mon., Mar. 13, 2023 2 PM: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas A novel set against the violence of 1990s Columbia follows a sheltered girl and a teen maid, who forge an unlikely friendship as the families of both struggle to maintain stability amidst Bogotâa's rapidly escalating violence. This is an in-person book […]