BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20221013T000000Z DTEND:20221013T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Fiction Book Club - The Reading List (In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join us as we discuss The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. \n\nBooks are available at the Adult Help Desk. \n\nAbout the book: Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday\, goes to Temple\, and worries about his granddaughter\, Priya\, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.\n\n\n\nAleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a list of novels that she's never heard of before. Intrigued\, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk\, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list\, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic\, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she's facing at home.\n\n\n\nWhen Mukesh arrives at the library\, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter\, Aleisha passes along the reading list hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly\, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls\, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us as we discuss The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. \;

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Books are available at the Adult Help Desk. \;

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About the book: \;Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday\, goes to Temple\, and worries about his granddaughter\, Priya\, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.
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\nAleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of \;To Kill a Mockingbird. \;It&rsquo\;s a list of novels that she&rsquo\;s never heard of before. Intrigued\, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk\, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list\, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic\, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she&rsquo\;s facing at home.
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\nWhen Mukesh arrives at the library\, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter\, Aleisha passes along the reading list&hellip\; hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly\, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls\, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again. \;

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