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Details: Adults meet the second Thursday of the month
(Noon to 1:00 p.m.), except for the month of December. Bring
a sack lunch if you like and join the conversation. No pre-registration
is required. Also, see our Archive
of Past Titles for great reading suggestions.
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June 12 |
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Truth
and Beauty: A Friendship
(Ann Patchett): The author of Bel Canto describes her intimate
20-year friendship with the late Lucy Grealy, tracing their
introduction at a writer's workshop, the integral part their
friendship played in their writing careers, and her witness
to Grealy's medical deterioration. |
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July 10 |
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Montana
1948 (Larry Watson): A series
of events in a small western town changes the lives of David
Hayden, his sheriff father, his mother, and their Sioux housekeeper,
as they discover the truth about family loyalty. |
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Aug 14 |
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The
Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald):
This classic novel portrays the Jazz Age and all its decadence
and excess as it follows the life of Jay Gatsby, a newly rich
man obsessed with money, power and glamour. |
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Sept 11
Oct 9
Nov 13 |
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(To be announced) |
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| Adult
Contemporary Book Discussion Group |
Details: Meets the third Monday of the month (7:00
p.m.). This self-directed group is sponsored by the Friends
of the Canton Public Library. No pre-registration
is required.
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May 19 |
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The
Death of Vishnu (Manil Suri): In a novel that incorporates
elements of Hundu mythology, an apartment building becomes a
metaphor for the divisions and cultural clashes of modern India. |
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June 16 |
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Plain
Truth (Jodi Picoult): The
discovery of a dead baby under a pile of old blankets in Aaron
Fisher's barn sets off a scandal in Amish country and an investigation
that could implicate Fisher's 18-year-old daughter. |
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July 21 |
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The
Boleyn Inheritance (Philippa Gregory): The only
survivor of the ambitious Boleyn family, lady-in-waiting Jane
Boleyn testifies against Henry VIII's latest queen, Anne of
Cleeves, and conspires to place her young cousin, Catherine
Howard, on the throne. By the author of The Other Boleyn
Girl. |
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Aug 18 |
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A
Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hesseini): Two women
born a generation apart witness the destruction of their home
and family in war-torn Kabul, losses incurred over the course
of thirty years that test the limits of their strength and courage.
By the author of The Kite Runner. |
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Sept 15 |
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Cannery
Row (John Steinbeck): Vividly depicts the colorful,
sometimes disreputable, inhabitants of a run-down area in Monterey,
California. |
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Oct 20 |
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Jitterbug
Perfume (Tom Robbins): This philosophical epic,
with a large cast of characters, addresses the fervent desire
of the human race to overcome the tyranny of aging and physical
death. |
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| Canton
Seniors Book Discussion Group |
Details: Canton Seniors Book Discussions
take place at the Canton Senior Center at the Summit and are
facilitated by librarians from the Canton Public Library.
The group meets at 1:00 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the
month, except July and August. Participants must register
with the Senior Adult Department at the Summit by calling
734-394-5485. If you have questions about individual titles
or programs, contact Joyce Simowski or Elaine Skrzynski at
the Canton Public Library (734-397-0999).
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May 28 |
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The
Boy on the Bus (Deborah Schupak): Meg Landry expected
it to be a day like any other—her asthmatic eight-year-old
son would step off the bus, home from school. But on this day,
the boy on the bus is not Meg's son—or at least doesn't
appear to be. |
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June 25 |
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The
Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett): After his partner
is shot and killed during a routine surveillance, San Francisco
private investigator Samuel Spade finds himself embroiled in
a desperate search for a priceless statuette. |
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July/Aug |
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(No program) |
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Sept 24 |
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(To be announced) |
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Oct 22 |
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(To be announced) |
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Details: Email
Book Club allows you to receive via email chapters
from a new title each week. Featured are books from nine
different categories, plus audiobooks and pre-publication
books. Though not exactly the same type of book discussion
as others listed on this page, the service includes a nationwide,
online book discussion opportunity.
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Details: Book
Club-in-a-Bag is designed to help you hold your
own book discussions with friends and colleagues. You can
reserve and check out kits that include eight copies of a
particular title along with other materials that will facilitate
conversation. Pick up a copy of our How to Start a
Book Club brochure when visiting the library, or
check the Online
Edition. |
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