Joshua Hyde Library Armchair Travelers Exploring the Wonders of Nature
BOOK DISCUSSION SERIES 2017-2018 Wednesday, September 13 - 6:30pm BOOK DISCUSSION OPENING EVENT Hartman’s Herb Farm Cooking Demo Lynn Hartman from Hartman’s Herb Farm will be here to do a cooking with herbs demonstration. We will briefly discuss Rosemary Remembered while enjoying some tasty treats * Please sign up at the library or call 347-2512 *
Wednesday, October 11 - 6:30 pm The Earth Knows My Name By Patricia Klindienst; Led by Christie Higginbottom Patricia Klindienst crossed the country to write this book, inspired by a torn and faded photograph that shed new light on the story of her Italian immigrant family's struggle to adapt to America. As we lose our connection to the soil, we no longer understand the relationship between food and a sense of belonging to a place and a people. Klindienst offers a lyrical exploration of how the making of gardens and the growing of food help ethnic and immigrant Americans maintain and transmit their cultural heritage while they put roots down in American soil.
Wednesday, November 8 - 6:30 pm Flight Behavior By Barbara Kingsolver; Led by Jane Zavistoski Flight Behavior is a brilliant and suspenseful novel set in present day Appalachia; a breathtaking parable of catastrophe and denial that explores how the complexities we inevitably encounter in life lead us to believe in our particular chosen truths. Kingsolver's riveting story concerns a young wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee who experiences something she cannot explain, and how her discovery energizes various competing factions—religious leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, politicians—trapping her in the center of the conflict and ultimately opening up her world.
Wednesday, February 7 6:30 pm The Soul of an Octopus
Wednesday, March 14 6:30pm State of Wonder
By Sy Montgomery Led by Pat & David Barnicle
By Ann Patchett Led by Carol Mitchell
This “fascinating…touching… informative…entertaining” (Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.
Patchett returns with a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest. She delivers an enthrallingly innovative tale of aspiration, exploration, and attachment in State of Wonder—a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and love.
Wednesday, April 11 6:30pm Strange as This Weather Has Been
Wednesday, May 9 6:30pm The Shark Club
By Ann Pancake Led by Joyce Sinnott
By Ann Kidd Taylor Led by Ellen Duzak
Set in present day West Virginia, Strange As This Weather Has Been, tells the story of a coal mining family—a couple and their four children—living through the latest mining boom and dealing with the mountaintop removal and strip mining that is ruining what is left of their mountain life. As the mine turns the mountains to slag and wastewater, workers struggle with layoffs and children find adventure in the blasted moonscape craters.
One summer day on the beach in Florida, two extraordinary things happen to Maeve Donnelly. First, she is kissed by Daniel, the boy of her dreams. Then, she is bitten by a blacktip shark. Eighteen years later, Maeve has thrown herself into her work as a world-traveling marine biologist discovering more about the minds of misunderstood sharks. But when Maeve returns home to where she was raised by her grandmother, she finds more than just the blood orange sunsets and key lime pies she’s missed waiting for her.
