Adult Book Discussion

February 13 - The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips
In 1931 Carbon Hill, Alabama, a small coal-mining town, nine-year-old Tess Moore watches a woman shove the cover off the family well and toss in a baby without a word. For the Moore family, centered on helping anyone in need during the Great Depression, the apparent murder forces them to face the darker side of their community and understand the motivations of their family and their friends.

March 12 - Talk Funny Girl by Roland Merullo.  Sally Stoklosa, Community Relations Manager at Barnes and Noble, will be the guest facilitator.
Raised by parents so intentionally isolated that they speak their own hybrid dialect, abused youth Marjorie witnesses her parents' submission to a sadistic cult leader before she is rescued by another abuse survivor who teaches her stoneworking skills.

April 16 - So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman
Five months after she disappeared, Wendy White's body is found in a ditch just off one of Haeden's main roads. Suddenly, reporter Stacy Flynn has a big story, but no one wants to talk to her in this small upstate New York town. Then fifteen-year-old Alice Piper, an imaginative student with a genius IQ and strong ideals, begins to connect the dots of Wendy's disappearance and death when a second crime rocks the town to its core.

May 14 - Oxygen by Carol Cassella
Anesthesiologist Marie Heaton is devastated when her patient, an eight-year-old girl, dies on the operating table, leaving Marie open to a lawsuit and questioning her own abilities as she struggles to deal with the aftermath of her mistake and her own fathers failing health.

Contact: Sherry Evans   603-766-1703   smevans@cityofportsmouth.com

Copies of each title will be available at the library for members.  All welcome to participate in an informal, round-table style discussion facilitated by librarians.