More 21st Century Standouts! That’s the theme for the next series of Evening Book Club picks (February through May).
Join us April 8 at 6:45 p.m. in the Margaret Knoll Gardner Lecture Room for a lively discussion of Small Things Like These, by Jennifer Egan.
Fiction. It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, faces his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.
“Claire Keegan works magic in this small novel about a truly good man in 1985 Ireland, and the difficult decision he faces at Christmastime. Keegan captures the extraordinary courage required to live an ordinary life with honor.” – John Lynn, The Kennett Bookhouse, Kennett Square, PA
Copies can be borrowed on interlibrary loan or purchased from one of Emmaus’ independent bookstores. Also available on Libby and hoopla.
*RSVP: Email [email protected], call 610-965-9284, or sign up at the desk.
