The Bill Brinton Murray Hill branch librar y is proud to present a monthly non-fiction and biography book club!
\n"History isn't something you look back at and say it was inevitable\, i t happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment\, but those moments are cumulative realities." - Marsha P. Johnson \;
\nApril 18th: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
\nSoulful and uproarious\, forceful and tender\, \;Unta med \;is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one w ho slowly dies for her children\, but one who shows them how to fully live . It is the story of \;navigating divorce\, forming a \;new blende d family\, \;and discovering that \;the \;brokenness or wholen ess of a family depends not \;on its \;structure but \;on \;each member's ability to \;bring \;her \;full \;self to the table. \;And it is the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries\, make peace with our bodies\, honor ou r anger and heartbreak\, and unleash our truest\, wildest instincts so tha t we become women who can finally look at ourselves and say: \;There S he Is.
\nMay 16th: \;Calypso \;by David Sedar is
\nWhen he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast\, Sedaris envisions long\, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section\, as he names the vacation home\, is exactly as idyllic a s he imagined\, except for one tiny\, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. This is beach reading for people who det est beaches\, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. \;Calypso \;is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest a nd warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.
\nJ une 21st: In th e Dream House by \;Carmen Maria Machado
\nThe author's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad\, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultu ral representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harr owing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman\, Machado struggl es to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was bec oming.
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Copies of these books wil
l be available to check out at the Circulation desk. This book club is wel
come to all. \;
Registration is required for this event\, and must be completed two hours prior to the start time. A library card and PI N is required for registration. If you do not have a card\, click HERE to obtain one.
\nRegistered seats may be forfeited five min utes after start of program.
\nPursuant to the Americans with Disabi lities Act\, accommodations for persons with disabilities are available up on request. Please allow 1&ndash\;2 business days to process. Last-minute requests will be accepted\, but may not be possible to fulfill. Please ask for \;Learning Services \;at 255-2665 or email \;JPLprograms@ coj.net.
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