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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"In the spring of 2020\, Lara's three daughters return to the family's
orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries\, they beg their moth
er to tell them the story of Peter Duke\, a famous actor with whom she sha
red both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called To
m Lake. As Lara recalls the past\, her daughters examine their own lives a
nd relationship with their mother\, and are forced to reconsider the world
and everything they thought they knew. Tom Lake is a meditation on youthf
ul love\, married love\, and the lives parents have led before their child
ren were born. Both hopeful and elegiac\, it explores what it means to be
happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels\, Ann
Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights int
o family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story\, told with pro
found intelligence and emotional acuity\, that demonstrates once again why
she is one of the most acclaimed literary talents working today" -- Provi
ded by publisher.