We will meet in the storytime room. \; This is the sliding door with the tree on it in the children's area. \; We will also have a session available through Zoom for those who would like to attend virtually. \; Please contact Jamie at mccref@slcolibrar y.org \;for the login information. \; Books are always available f or the month prior to the book club meeting. \; They are in the holds area under "Tuesday Evening Book Group".
\nBook summary:
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"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility
and master of absorbing\, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and
propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June\, 1954\, eighteen-year-old
Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile wor
k farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughte
r. His mother long gone\, his father recently deceased\, and the family fa
rm foreclosed upon by the bank\, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eigh
t-year-old brother\, Billy\, and head to California where they can start t
heir lives anew. But when the warden drives away\, Emmett discovers that t
wo friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the w
arden's car. Together\, they have hatched an altogether different plan for
Emmett's future\, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the
opposite direction-to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and to
ld from multiple points of view.