Graves Library

The Evening Book Group  meets the last Thursday of every month at 4:30 p.m.   This month, the group will meet on September 30.   If the weather is perfect, we will consider meeting outside of the Library in the garden.

We will be discussing Go Tell it on the Mountain and/or Nobody Knows My Name by James Baldwin.

The Evening Book Group usually meets the last Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m.   This month, the group will meet on August 26 at 4:30 pm.   If the weather is perfect, we will consider meeting outside of the Library in the garden.

We will be discussing A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris.

It tells the story of three generations of Native American women: Rayona, who is half African-American, her mother Christine, and Christine’s mother Aunt Ida. The story is told in three distinct sections, one for each woman. Throughout the book, themes of family, identity, and heritage are highlighted and examined.

The Evening Book Group usually meets the last Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m.   This month, the group will meet on July 29 at 4:30 pm.   If the weather is perfect, we will consider meeting outside of the Library in the garden.

We will be discussing Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley.

Paras, short for “Perestroika,” is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. One afternoon at dusk, she finds the door of her stall open and–she’s a curious filly–wanders all the way to the City of Light. She’s dazzled and often mystified by the sights, sounds, and smells around her, but she isn’t afraid.

Soon she meets an elegant dog, a German shorthaired pointer named Frida, who knows how to get by without attracting the attention of suspicious Parisians. Paras and Frida coexist for a time in the city’s lush green spaces, nourished by Frida’s strategic trips to the vegetable market. They keep company with two irrepressible ducks and an opinionated raven. But then Paras meets a human boy, Etienne, and discovers a new, otherworldly part of Paris: the ivy-walled house where the boy and his nearly-one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother live in seclusion.

As the cold weather nears, the unlikeliest of friendships bloom. But how long can a runaway horse stay undiscovered in Paris? How long can a boy keep her hidden and all to himself? Jane Smiley’s beguiling new novel is itself an adventure that celebrates curiosity, ingenuity, and the desire of all creatures for true love and freedom. [Amazon.com]