2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

The library will be closed on Sundays in August. All book and media drops will also be closed on Sundays in August. Overdue fines will not be charged for days the library is closed.

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Adults

AWG

This group is currently FULL and cannot accept more members. Please contact programs@ebpl.org for more information.

It usually meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 7PM.

Book Discussion Group: A Woman of No Importance (Virtual)

This month we will be reading A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell.  

Based on new and extensive research, Sonia Purnell has for the first time uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall--an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, resistance, and personal triumph over shocking adversity.

A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CONNECT

Book Discussion Group: A Woman of No Importance

This month we will be reading A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell.  

Based on new and extensive research, Sonia Purnell has for the first time uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall--an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, resistance, and personal triumph over shocking adversity.

A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war.

This program will NOT be recorded.

Book Discussion Group: Anxious People

This month we will be reading Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. 

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, the new novel from the author of A Man Called Ove is a quirky, big-hearted novel. Wry, wise and often laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure. 

This book is proof that the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope can save us—even in the most anxious of times.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CONNECT

Book Discussion Group: Anxious People

This month we will be reading Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. 

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, the new novel from the author of A Man Called Ove is a quirky, big-hearted novel. Wry, wise and often laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure. 

This book is proof that the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope can save us—even in the most anxious of times.

Virtual Book Discussion Group: The Guest List

This month we will be reading The Guest List by Lucy Foley.

On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. 

Book Discussion Group: The Guest List

This month we will be reading The Guest List by Lucy Foley. 

On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. 

Virtual Book Discussion Group: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

This month we are reading The Book Woman of Troubelseome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson.  This meeting will take place on Zoom. 

The bestselling historical fiction from Kim Michele Richardson, this is a novel following Cussy Mary, a packhorse librarian and her quest to bring books to the Appalachian community she loves, perfect for readers of Lee Smith and Lisa Wingate.