Book Discussions
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Afternoon Book ClubEvening Book Club
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The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet at the library on Wednesday, May 1, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss “The Lucky Gourd Shop" by Joanna Catherine Scott.
From Amazon: "The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa. King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of American secretary, Peggielene Bartels, who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 people on Ghana's central coast, half a world away. Upon arriving for her crowning ceremony in beautiful Otuam, she discovers the dire reality: there's no running water, no doctor, no high school, and many of the village elders are stealing the town's funds. To make matters worse, her uncle (the late king) sits in a morgue awaiting a proper funeral in the royal palace, which is in ruins. Peggy's first two years as king of Otuam unfold in a way that is stranger than fiction. In the end, a deeply traditional African town is uplifted by the ambitions of its decidedly modern female king, and Peggy is herself transformed, from an ordinary secretary to the heart and hope of her community." Books we have read for our afternoon group:\ pinterest.com/chesleylibrary/afternoon-book-discussion/ The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, April 24, at Blaisdell Memorial Library in Nottingham at 7:00pm to discuss "The Story of Arthur Truluv" by Elizabeth Berg.
From Amazon: “For the past six months, Arthur Moses’s days have looked the same: He tends to his rose garden and to Gordon, his cat, then rides the bus to the cemetery to visit his beloved late wife for lunch. The last thing Arthur would imagine is for one unlikely encounter to utterly transform his life. Eighteen-year-old Maddy Harris is an introspective girl who visits the cemetery to escape the other kids at school. One afternoon she joins Arthur—a gesture that begins a surprising friendship between two lonely souls. Moved by Arthur’s kindness and devotion, Maddy gives him the nickname “Truluv.” As Arthur’s neighbor Lucille moves into their orbit, the unlikely trio band together and, through heartache and hardships, help one another rediscover their own potential to start anew." Books that we have read for our evening book group over the last 10 years are listed on Pinterest! 
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