March 2016 Book Discussions

On Tuesday, March 22 at 10:00 a.m., the Tuesday Morning book group will discuss The Distant Marvels by Chantel Acevedo, a novel set in Cuba. Maria Sirena tells the stories of her life to a group of women waiting out  Hurricane Flora in the old governor’s mansion in 1963. She was born in 1881, on board a ship heading to Cuba. Maria also shares the stories of her mother and grandmother, so that the reader learns some of the history of modern Cuba.

On Tuesday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m, the Tuesday Evening book group will be discussing a historical mystery, A Simple Murder, by Eleanor Kuhns. Set in late 18th century New England, Will Rees is a traveling weaver and Revolutionary War veteran whose search for his missing son leads him to a Shaker community, where he is asked to solve a murder.  Both of these groups are meeting a week later than usual because of the Primary Election on March 15.

The Crime Readers will meet at Home Run Inn Pizza in Darien at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, to discuss The Circular Staircase, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. This group is co-sponsored by the Indian Prairie Public Library. Meet at 6:00 p.m. for an optional dinner. The Circular Staircase was published in 1908, and a features a middle-aged woman who rents a country house for the summer, along with her grown niece and nephew, while her house is being remodeled. Reviews indicate that the book has both suspense and humor.

Copies of the three titles are available at the Adult and Teen Services Reference Desk.   

Brenda