Book Club

From Book to Big Screen

Bring a lunch and discuss books that have made it to the big screen. Books are available at desk.

Movie Viewing
Mondays | 11 am–1 pm
Mar 12  The Dinner
Apr 9    The Glass Castle
May 14  Wonder

Book and Movie Discussion
Mondays | 12–1 pm
Mar 19   The Dinner by Herman Koch
Apr 16    The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
May 21   Wonder by R J Palacio

Two couples meet for dinner at a fashionable restaurant in Amsterdam.  Behind their polite conversation, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened.  Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.	Jeannette Walls tells the story about her childhood. She talks about living like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Retreating to the dismal West Virginia mining town--and the family-- her father, Rex Walls, had done everything he could to escape. He drank. He stole the grocery money and disappeared for days. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents' betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home.	Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

FAQs

Will the book be available for me to borrow?
Yes, titles are reserved for members and available at the desks.

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