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Tuesday Evening Book Discussion (IN PERSON AND ON ZOOM)

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

2024-05-14 19:00:00 2024-05-14 20:30:00 America/New_York Tuesday Evening Book Discussion (IN PERSON AND ON ZOOM) This meeting will be held IN PERSON and ON ZOOM. Those unable to attend in person, can join us via Zoom simultaneously. Registration begins April 9. Westlake Porter Public Library - Porter Room, Zoom Programming 2

Tuesday, May 14
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-05-14 19:00:00 2024-05-14 20:30:00 America/New_York Tuesday Evening Book Discussion (IN PERSON AND ON ZOOM) This meeting will be held IN PERSON and ON ZOOM. Those unable to attend in person, can join us via Zoom simultaneously. Registration begins April 9. Westlake Porter Public Library - Porter Room, Zoom Programming 2

Westlake Porter Public Library

Porter Room, Zoom Programming 2

This meeting will be held IN PERSON and ON ZOOM. Those unable to attend in person, can join us via Zoom simultaneously. Registration begins April 9.

[This book club meets every second Tuesday of the month at 7 pm]

Join us to discuss Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate:

"Memphis, Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone on the family shantyboat one stormy night. Rill Foss, just twelve years old, must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into the care of the infamous Georgia Tann, director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society. South Carolina, Present Day. Avery Stafford has lived a charmed life. Loving daughter to her father, a U.S. Senator, she has a promising career as an assistant D.A. in Baltimore and is engaged to her best friend. But when Avery comes home to help her father weather a health crisis and a political attack, a chance encounter with a stranger leaves her deeply shaken. Avery's decision to learn more about the woman's life will take her on a journey through her family's long-hidden history"


In order to participate, please click one of the REGISTER buttons. 

Physical copies of the book will be available for participants to borrow at the Circulation Desk beginning April 9, 2024.

If you have any questions, please email: tuesdaybookclub@westlakelibrary.org

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books and Authors |

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Westlake Porter Public Library is an independent public library serving the residents of the city of Westlake, western Cuyahoga County and eastern Lorain County. The library is located at 27333 Center Ridge Road in Westlake, Ohio. Anyone who lives, works, owns property, or goes to school in Ohio can register for a free library card.

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