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Book Group

The Reading List

2024-09-17 18:30:00 2024-09-17 19:30:00 America/Chicago Book Group Join us to discuss the 2021 book "The Reading List" by Sara Adams. Belt Branch - CreateSpace

Tuesday, September 17
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-17 18:30:00 2024-09-17 19:30:00 America/Chicago Book Group Join us to discuss the 2021 book "The Reading List" by Sara Adams. Belt Branch - CreateSpace

Belt Branch

CreateSpace

Join us to discuss the 2021 book "The Reading List" by Sara Adams.

About this month's title:

An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.

Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.

Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a list of novels that she's never heard of before. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she's facing at home.

When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list...hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again. 

A limited number of physical copies of the selected title are available in advance at the Belt Branch for check out.

This program is for adults 18+. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Talks |

Belt Branch

kmorris@rhcl.org
Phone: 816-232-5479
Branch manager
Kelly Morris

Hours
We're closed Wednesday January 01 due to CLOSED
Mon, Dec 30 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Dec 31 9:00AM to 6:00PM
(Closing early on day before a holiday.)
Wed, Jan 01 Closed
(CLOSED)
Thu, Jan 02 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jan 03 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Sat, Jan 04 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Sun, Jan 05 12:00PM to 6:00PM

About the branch

Belt Branch was expanded and renovated in 2006 and occupies a unique space in a commercial strip-mall building on the busiest thoroughfare in town.  It is open 7 days a week and offers over 30 programs per month. You can also schedule a one-on-one technology appointment or apply to get a passport.

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