Join us for our regular lunchtime book dis cussion of The Hopkins Manuscript by RC Sherriff. You can request a copy with your library card via our online catalog: \;physical book\, \;e-book\, and \;e-audiobook. If you have any question s\, please contact \;Becky.
\nBook Description: Edgar Hopkins is a retired math teacher in h is mid-fifties with a strong sense of self-importance\, whose greatest pri de in life is winning poultry breeding contests. When not meticulously car ing for his Bantam\, Edgar is an active member of the British Lunar Societ y. Thanks to that affiliation\, Edgar becomes one of the first people to l earn the moon is on a collision course\, headed towards Earth. Members of the society are sworn to secrecy but eventually the moon looms so large in the sky that the government can no longer deny the truth. It's during the se final days that Edgar befriends two young siblings and writes what he c alls The Hopkins Manuscript-a testimony juxtaposing the ordinary and extra ordinary as Edgar and the villagers dig trenches and play cricket before t he end of days.
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\nWe strive to make events welcoming for people of all abilities. \;To r equest accommodations (i.e. hearing assistance\, ASL requests\, or other A DA inquiries)\, email smurphy@spokanelibrary.org.
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