MCPL Book Clubs: May 2017
- Marathon City Book Club: “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”; by Anne Brontë Mon. 5/8. Join us for our monthly book club at MCPL Marathon City! For May, we’ll read and discuss “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë. This book portrays the disintegration of the marriage of Helen Huntingdon and her alcoholic husband. Defying convention, Helen leaves her husband to protect their young son from his fathe’s influence, and earns her own living as an artist. Whilst in hiding at Wildfell Hall, she encounters Gilbert Markham, who falls in love with her. We’re always looking for new attendees, so feel free to read the book and join us! Free and open to all adults, no registration required. Call 715-443- 2775 for more information. 5:45 p.m. 715-443- 2775. [MCPL Marathon City]
- Hatley Book Club: “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. Tues. 5/9. Join us for our monthly book club at our Hatley Branch! For the month of April, we’re reading “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. This bestselling novel centers on a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. We’re always looking for new attendees, so feel free to read the book and join us! For more information, call 715-446- 3537. 2:00 p.m. 715-446- 3537. [MCPL Hatley]
- Edgar Book Club: “Shooting Kabul” by N.H. Senzai. Thurs. 5/11. Join us for the monthly book club at our Edgar Branch! For the month of March, we’ll read and discuss “Shooting Kabul” by N.H. Senzai. Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year- old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee camp where his little sister was accidentally left behind. We’re always looking for new attendees, so feel free to read the book and join us! Free and open to all adults, no registration required. Call 715-352- 3155 for more information. 11:30 a.m. 715-352- 3155. [MCPL Edgar]
- Mosinee Book Club: ”The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin. Mon. 5/15. Drop by our Mosinee Branch for a discussion of our monthly book club selection, ”The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin! “A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at the bookstore, its unexpected arrival gives Fikry the chance to make his life over– and see everything anew”. The Mosinee Book Club is always looking for new attendees, so feel free to read the bookm and join in the conversation! Free and open to the public with no registration required. Call 715-693- 2144 for more information. 1:00 p.m. 715-693- 2144. [MCPL Mosinee]
- Spencer Book Club:”Leota’s Garden” by Francine Rivers. Mon. 5/15. Join us for our monthly book club at the MCPL Spencer Branch! In May, we’ll read and discuss ”Leota’s Garden” by Francine Rivers. Leota’s garden was once a place of beauty, where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. Now, eighty-four- year-old Leota Reinhardt is alone, her beloved garden in ruins. When God brings a wind of change through unlikely means: one, a college student who thinks he has all the answers; the other, the granddaughter Leota never hoped to know. But can the devastation wrought by keeping painful family secrets be repaired before she runs out of time? We’re always looking for new attendees, so feel free to read the book and join us! Free and open to all adults, no registration required. For more information, call 715-659- 3996. 6:30 p.m. 715-659- 3996. [MCPL Spencer]
- Women’s Night Out Book Club: “They Left Us Everything” by Plum Johnson. Mon. 5/15. A memoir about a woman and her adult siblings who must empty and sell their family home after caring for their ailing parents for years. 6:30 p.m. 715-261-7200. [MCPL Wausau]
- Walk & Talk Book Club. Tues. 5/16. Bi-monthly meeting to walk and discuss a variety of books. Mid-May through September. 1:00 p.m. 715-446- 3537. [MCPL Hatley]
- Stratford Book Club: “A Fall of Marigolds” by Susan Meissner. Mon. 5/22. Join us for our monthly book club at our Stratford Branch! The book we’ll read and discuss for the month of May is “A Fall of Marigolds” by Susan Meissner. On Ellis Island in 1911, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning to Manhattan, where the man she loved fell to his death in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. While caring for a fevered immigrant she comes across a scarf with a certain name embroidered on it. Years ahead in 2011 on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, widow Taryn Michaels is working in a fabric store and raising her daughter alone. She comes across a photograph that forces her to relive the terrible day her husband died on 9/11. Will a chance encounter with the same century-old scarf open Taryn’s eyes to the larger forces at work in her life? We’re always looking for new attendees, so feel free to read the book and join us! Free and open to adults, no registration required. Call 715-687- 4420 for more information. 1:00 p.m. 715-687- 4420. [MCPL Stratford]
- Rothschild Book Club:”The Lowland” by Jhumpa Lahiri. Wed. 5/24. Join us for our monthly book club at our Rothschild Branch! For the month of May, we’ll read and discuss ”The Lowland” by Jhumpa Lahiri. Brothers Subhash and Udayan Mitra pursue vastly different lives– Udayan in rebellion-torn Calcutta, Subhash in a quiet corner of America– until a shattering tragedy compels Subhash to return to India, where he endeavors to heal family wounds. We’re always looking for new attendees, so feel free to read the book and join us! Free and open to all adults, no registration required. Call 715-359- 6208. 11:00 a.m. 715-359- 6208. [MCPL Rothschild]
- Readers of Classic Lit Book Club: “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett. Wed. 5/24. A play about two men try different ways to kill time while they wait in vain for someone named Godot. 12:00 p.m. 715-261- 7200. [MCPL Wausau]
- Walk & Talk Book Club Tues. 5/30. Bi-monthly meeting to walk and discuss a variety of books. Mid-May through September. 1:00 p.m. 715-446- 3537. [MCPL Hatley]
