Book Group- We are an informal group of about 5-8 people who like to read a diversity of books. We meet on the third Wednesday of the month from 2:00-3:00 in the library's conference room. The library obtains copies of the books for the book group one month in advance of the meeting. These can then be borrowed for two weeks. Feel free to join us for all the books or just your favorites.
Upcoming:
March 20 - A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812, by Laura Thatcher Ulrich
We’ll celebrate Women’s History Month by reading a nonfiction book about a midwife from Hallowell, Maine. In her 27 years as midwife, Martha Ballard attended 816 births. Laura Thatcher Ulrich using Ballard’s diary and Ulrich’s own research and knowledge as a historian gives the reader an intimately imagined story of the woman and Hallowell in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
April 17 - Night of the Living Rez (2022) by Morgan Talty is a debut collection of twelve stories about what it means to be Penobscot in the 21st century. These tales of family and community bonds are set in a Native community in Maine.
May 15 - The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (2016) by Elizabeth Tova Bailey is an award-winning book about slowing down and observing the small creatures of the world and how that can lead to a greater understanding of our own place in the world.
June 19 - Disappearing Earth (2019) by Julia Philips is set on the remote Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka and begins with the disappearance of two sisters. What follows is the effect of that crime on the lives of women and girls within the community. The book was named one of the top ten books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review.
July 17 - I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death (2017) by Maggie O'Farrell is a memoir about her seventeen brushes with death. She is the author of the award-winning Hamnet.
Drop-ins are always welcome!
Upcoming:
March 20 - A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812, by Laura Thatcher Ulrich
We’ll celebrate Women’s History Month by reading a nonfiction book about a midwife from Hallowell, Maine. In her 27 years as midwife, Martha Ballard attended 816 births. Laura Thatcher Ulrich using Ballard’s diary and Ulrich’s own research and knowledge as a historian gives the reader an intimately imagined story of the woman and Hallowell in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
April 17 - Night of the Living Rez (2022) by Morgan Talty is a debut collection of twelve stories about what it means to be Penobscot in the 21st century. These tales of family and community bonds are set in a Native community in Maine.
May 15 - The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (2016) by Elizabeth Tova Bailey is an award-winning book about slowing down and observing the small creatures of the world and how that can lead to a greater understanding of our own place in the world.
June 19 - Disappearing Earth (2019) by Julia Philips is set on the remote Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka and begins with the disappearance of two sisters. What follows is the effect of that crime on the lives of women and girls within the community. The book was named one of the top ten books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review.
July 17 - I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death (2017) by Maggie O'Farrell is a memoir about her seventeen brushes with death. She is the author of the award-winning Hamnet.
Drop-ins are always welcome!