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| Fiction Book Discussion Group |
Nonfiction Book Discussion Series |
| Fiction Book Discussion Group
The Fiction Book Discussion Group meets one evening each month from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Books are made available a month before the discussion. Please email or call the Readers’ Advisory Desk at (630) 960-1200. |
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| May 1 The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell In this contemporary Scottish novel, Iris Lockheart is stunned when notified that a spinster aunt she never knew existed faces imminent discharge from a psychiatric hospital after sixty-plus years of confinement. Compelled by a mix of curiosity and responsibility, Iris retraces events preceding Esme’s hospitalization and uncovers some family secrets, even as she becomes better acquainted with her Great Aunt Esme. June 5 Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo New York editor and middle-aged skeptic Otto Ringling reluctantly embarks on a cross-country journey accompanied by a Skovorodinian monk. |
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| Nonfiction Book Discussion Series
The Nonfiction Book Discussion Series meets one evening each month from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Books are made available a month before the discussion. Please email or call the Reference Desk at (630) 960-1200 for more information. |
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| May 5 Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell In June of 2005, four Navy SEALs were caught on a mountainside in Afghanistan, battling for their lives against Taliban forces. Luttrell would be the only survivor of that assignment, and his survival came to depend solely on the fierce protection given him by a group of Afghani villagers. This story of modern warfare and survival is both an outstanding adventure tale and a thoughtful look at the humanity of those on different sides of a brutal war. June 2 The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls Gossip columnist Walls and her three siblings were raised on the margins of society by nomadic, often neglectful, parents. The year there was no money for Christmas presents, their eccentric dad let the children pick stars out of the night sky as their gifts. Their self-involved mother adopted the notion that each deprivation that befell them was an adventure. Jeannette navigated chaos and heartbreak, somehow arriving at adulthood with unconditional love for her dysfunctional family. |
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