The Springfield Free Public Library's (Really Good) Book Discussion Group will meet on Thursday, March 1 at 7 pm to discuss The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht. Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2011, and National Book Award Finalist in the same year. Tea Obreht was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia in 1985 and has lived in the United States since the age of twelve. She has been named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty and included in the National Book Foundation's list of 5 Under 35.
Discussions take place at 7 pm in the Palmer Museum. Refreshments are served. New members are welcome. To reserve your copy of the book call 973-376-4930 x229 or send an e-mail: questions@sfplnj.org. The Springfield Free Public Library is located at 66 Mountain Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081.
