This book group meets virtually on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. New members are always welcome. Copies of the title to be discussed will be available at the Circulation Desk a month prior to each meeting.
Please contact Sean Thibodeau for the Zoom meeting link or for more information.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
APRIL 2
A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson by Douglas E. Egerton
Few Americans covered as much ground as Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Douglas Egerton’s biography embraces all the facets of this American whirlwind, illuminating the ways in which Higginson’s lifelong crusade for a more just world resonates today.
MAY 7
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family by Patrick Radden Keefe
A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin.
JUNE 4
The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World by Suzie Sheehy
An accelerator physicist’s fascinating journey through the experiments that uncovered the nature of matter and made the modern world. Celebrating human ingenuity, creativity, and above all curiosity, The Matter of Everything is an inspiring story about the scientists who make real discoveries, and a powerful reminder that progress is a function of our desire to know.
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